Lot 332
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Backhouse, James
A Narrative of a Visit to The Mauritius and South Africa
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 644
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £300 - £500
Description
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 15 plates, contemporary calf, covers detached, bookplate of George Laishley and ownership stamp of David Prisman. De Jouvancourt, Hughes, illustrator. Poetes et Prosateurs de l'Ile Maurice. Port-Louis: The General Printing & Stationery Cy. Ltd., 1951. Large 8vo, number 28 of 150 copies, inscribed by the author to the title-page, 66 plates, red cloth gilt (2)