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Second Series No. 28: This is the volume for 1997. 8vo; original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xliv + 292, incl. index and publisher's catalogue; colour frontis.; photographic portrait of De Vylder; illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. "Gustav De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country. His travels were undertaken some years before the German colonial occupation when the European presence, except for a handful of missionaries, traders and travellers, was slight. De Vylder's journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Foxing.Well bound.Second series no.28 only.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Excellent binding.Second series no.28 only.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. xliv, 294pp, tipped in colour frontispiece and occasional further black and white illustrations and maps in text. Maps on endpapers. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. 8vo. A couple of very small spots on front panel, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped at head of a slightly sunned spine. de Vylder was a Swedish naturalist who, after years in Cape Town, journeyed to present day Namibia between 1873 and 1875, collecting insects and other natural history specimens. His journey was made when European presence was slightly - before the German Colonial Occupation and his journal is a record of an adventure, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to a remote region. He was a man of his age, with advanced and provocative views, which shine through his journals.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 292 pages. References. Index. Translated from the original Swedish. "De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country. His journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region. With this translation the historical travel literature of southern Africa has been enriched." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.…