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136 374 Barrow, John Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa in which are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond its Limits, Volumes I and II (1806) London: T Cadell and W Davies, second and best edition, 4to, 8 aquatint plates and 9 folding maps, contemporary half calf, contained in a solander box, with morocco spine (2) R30 000–40 000 notes Ex Libris: John Ewart Davies HJ Raubenheimer 375 Burchell, William John Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Volumes I and II (1822 and 1824) London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, first edition, twenty aquatint plates, folding map, hints on emigration to the Cape of Good Hope, 4to, contemporary calf rebacked, some offsetting and light foxing, contained in a solander box with morocco spine (2) R55 000–70 000 notes “The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century.” Sidney Mendelssohn. (1968) Mendelssohn’s South African Bibliography, Volume I , London: The Holland Press. Page 224. Books 376 Burchell, William John Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope (1819) London: J Hatchard and Son, 8to, modern black quarter calf R900–1 200 377 Burchell, William John The South African Drawings of William J Burchell, Volumes I and II Volume I: The Bachapins of Lutakun, Volume II: Landscape Sketches McKay, Helen M (ed.) (1938 and 1952) Johannesburg: The Grubbins Trust Publications No 1 and 2, each limited to 300 copies, these copies numbers 172 and 32, 4to, contemporary half red morocco, in dust jacket (2) R800–1 200 378 Burchell, William John A Sketch Map of Burchell’s Trek McKay, Helen M (ed.) Cape Town: Cape Times Limited, reprinted from“The Journal of South African Botany” in April 1943, wrappers (3) R2 000–3 000 notes This lot accompanied by Poulton, EB (1907). William John Burchell: The Materials of a Lecture Delivered Before the British Association in the Town Hall, Cape Town on Thursday Evening, August 17, 1905, from the Report of the British and South African Associations 1905 , vol. III, pages 57-110, and a modern copy of Burchell’s map, together with other material relating to Burchell, all contained in a half red morocco solander box THE harvey COLLECTION OF AFRICANA | lots 374-399 379 Daniell, William Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals and Scenery of Southern Africa, from Drawings made by the Late Mr Samuel Daniell, Engraved by William Daniell (1820) London: William Daniell and WilliamWood, 4to, presentation inscription “From the author to his friend RW Cox Esq”, 48 engraved plates, contemporary half brown morocco, in modern slipcase R30 000–40 000 380 Fitzpatrick, Sir J Percy Through Mashonaland with Pick and Pen (1892) Johannesburg: Argus Printing and Publishing Company (Limited). 8to, rebound with front cover and back cover in facsimile, contained in red morocco solander box R600–800 notes One of the first books to be published in Johannesburg and the author’s first publication. 374