Memorials of South Africa – Shaw, Rev. Barnabas

Bound in the original ribbed black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Foxing to the endpapers. Illustrated frontis and map with tissue guard. 371 pg. with errata to the rear. Some spots of foxing. Some bumps and wear to the boards. Spine appears to have been neatly rebacked though splitting again at the top half of front board. Bookplate of Maurice Green to fixed end paper. “Mr Shaw established the first Wesleyan Mission Station in the interior of South Africa, where he arrived in the year 1815. He gives an account of the settlement at Lily Fountain, and the progress of the missionary work amongst the natives. The volume contains “a history of the discovery of the grand promontory of the Cape of Good Hope,” together with chapters on the Hottentots, Bushmen, Corannas, Namaquas, Kaffirs, Bechuanas and [Vatwaas, Mantatees, Wankets and Maqueens]…, which afford one of the best descriptions of the native races of South Africa, published up to this period. There are also some notes on the fauna of the country, and many references to other pioneer missionaries. Mr Shaw returned to England in 1037, but he eventually went ack to South Africa and settled at Rondebosch, near Cape Town, where he died on June 21, 1857.” (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography, Vol. 2, pg. 308, 1957). First Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Cloth boards with gilt.

Publisher: J Mason
Date Published: 1840
Publication Place: London
First Edition: Yes

Condition: Very good.
Binding: Hardcover.