Lot Details
Lot 296
[PHILLIPPS, THOMAS]. Scenes and Occurences in Albany and Caffer-Land, South Africa.
London: William Marsh, 1827. First edition. Publisher's green paper over boards. 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (19.5 x 12 cm); xvi, 214 pp.; folding hand-colored plate. Rebacked to style. With the early book label of the Hobart-Town [i.e. Hobart, Tasmania] Book Society, established 1828.
A scarce work on South Africa, with a very interesting colonial provenance. "Published anonymously, Mendelssohn attributes this work to Thomas Phillips who spent several months in the region in 1825, particularly in the vicinity of the British settlement at Albany. He enjoyed sport after lion, helping bag 'a noble animal, measuring nearly twelve feet from the nose to the tip of his tail.' There are additional moments of encountering leopard, and hunting elephant near the Kounap River" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 220; South African Bibliography, vol. III, p. 667.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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