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AFRICANA CATALOGUE no. 50

March 2010
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CONTENTS:

SPECIAL INTEREST 4

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOOKS 6

TONY GROGAN 14

CAPE TOWN & ENVIRONS 14

Recent publications relating to the Cape 18

VAN RIEBEECK SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS (FIRST SERIES) 18

SOUTH AFRICA 25

Recent publications relating to the Cape 37

SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGY 40

NORTH OF THE LIMPOPO and HUNTING 48

Recent publications relating to the North 51

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 52

FLORA AND FAUNA 53

Recent publications relating to flora and fauna 56

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902 56

Select Books African Catalogue no. 50

We are proud to present our 50th Africana catalogue and wish to thank you, all our valued customers, for your support!

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ABBREVIATIONS USED
a.e.g.: all edges gilt

b&w : black and white

col.: colour

comp.: compiler

d.w.: dust wrapper

ed.: edition / editor (s)

frontis.: frontispiece

ill.: illustrations

p.: page(s)

pict.: pictorial (e.g. pict. cloth)

port.: portrait

t.e.g.: top edge gilt

vol.: volume

4to.: quarto

8vo.: octavo
Curtis: FISHING THE MARGINS / Paul Curtis (2005)

D.S.A.B.: DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIOGRAPHY

Mendelssohn: SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / Sidney Mendelssohn (1910).

S.A.B.: SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY to the year 1925

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1 Barth, Henry. TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA: being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M's government in the years 1849-1855. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857-1858.

5 vols. (xxxvi, 578 p., 6 folding maps, [12] leaves of plates; xi, 676 p., 2 folding maps, [8] leaves of plates; xi, 635 p., 3 folding maps, [16] leaves of plates; xiv, 641 p., 2 folding maps, [14] leaves of plates; x, 694 p., 2 folding maps, [10 leaves of plates): ill. (some col.), 5 col. frontispieces, ports. Contemporary half calf & cloth, with raised bands and gilt dentelles, with some wear to corners & spines. Some offsetting from colour plates and maps as normally seen. Slight damage to top corner of vol. 4 book block. R 10 000

One of the African exploration classics. Born in Hamburg, Barth (1821-1865) embarked on an academic career, with a particular interest in the ancient world. He later joined an English expedition to Central Africa under the leadership of James Richardson, to the region around Lake Chad. After Richardson's death, Barth became the leader of the exploring party. He compiled these journals of his travels together with uncompleted volumes on Central African vocabularies and was the first to map huge areas of Central Africa. "A more intelligent, indefatigable, trustworthy and resolute traveller than Dr Barth can rarely be found" was the tribute paid on his death by the President of the Royal Geographical Society.
2 Bowler, T.W. PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN. with views of Simon's Town, Port Elizabeth, and Graham's Town, from original drawings by T.W. Bowler; with historical and descriptive sketches by W.R. Thomson. Cape Town: Juta, 1866.

44 p., 12 leaves of lithographed plates: col. ill., frontis. (folding). Oblong 4to. Original pict. paper covered boards. Title page browned, spotting on cover & preliminary pages. Recent quarter calf & green cloth box, with raised bands & gilding, scarred along edges. The twelve plates are captioned : 1. View of Cape Town, from Table Bay. (folding panoramic frontis.). 2. The Government-House. 3. St. George's Cathedral, from Wale-Street. 4. The Public Library and Museum, from the Botanic Garden. 5. Adderley-Street and the Dutch Reformed Church. 6. The entrance to the Castle. 7. The Roman Catholic Cathedral. 8. The Lutheran Church, Strand-Street. 9. The Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's-Square. 10. Simon's Town. 11. Port Elizabeth. 12. Graham's Town, from the Bay-Road. R 50 000

Thomas William Bowler (1812-1869) came to Cape Town from England in 1834 as a servant to the new Astronomer Royal of the Colony, Thomas Maclear. He later established himself as a landscape painter and as a follower of the English watercolour school and recorded all the important events at the Cape for thirty-five years in this medium. "The descriptive letterpress is ample and instructive, and gives, in the majority of instances, a complete history of the building depicted." Mendelssohn, vol. 1 p. 177.
3 Cape of Good Hope. PROCLAMATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER OFFICIAL NOTICES = PROCLAMATIEN, ADVERTENTIEN EN ANDERE OFFICIELE BERIGTEN; published by the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, from the 10th January, 1806 to the 2nd May 1825. Cape Town: The Government Press, 1827.

xlv, 802 p. 4to. Original half leather & paper boards, very worn. Stamp of John Cairncross, Auctioneer, on front endpapers. Signature of Geo. Marsh on a preliminary page. Parallel text in English and Dutch. R 12 500

Historical names such as Cradock, Somerset, Grey, Baird, Cloete, Faure, Van Ryneveld, Stockenstrom, Thibault and others march through the pages of this publication. The first Proclamation, dated 10 January 1806 is THE ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION "proposed by the Lieut.-Colonel Hieronimus Casimirus von Prophalow to the Major-General in the service of His Britannic Majesty, Sir David Baird". In the last Proclamation, dated 2 May 1825, Lord Charles Henry Somerset established a council to "advise and assist in the Administration of the Colony" comprising the Governor, the Chief Justice, Colonial Secretary, officer in command of the forces, Lt-Col. Bell, Walter Bentinck and J.W. Stoll. There is an index which lists all the proclamations chronologically. Pages i-xlv contain a chronological register of civil appointments. Pages 1-56 are subdivided into 15 divisions: Judicial and Police; Commerce and Finance; Political and Military; Naval; Lands and Land Revenue; Native tribes; Slaves and Negro apprentices; Clergy and Schools; Medical; Pacht and licences; Burgher Senate; Landdrosts and Country Districts; Post Office; and Miscellaneous. The volume also contains government advertisements. Reading these pages makes one very aware of both the direct nature of government during this period and the fact that one is reading the making of history. For example, the Proclamation of 23 April 1811 divided the Swellendam magistry; Proclamation 23 April 1812 dictated the regulation of the "Hottentot nation", whilst others were humble, for example, a request for barley to to be supplied to "His Majesty's Cavalry". George Marsh was a furniture dealer and an active merchant who lived at the Cape from 1812. He was a founder member of the Commercial Exchange and was granted a Wine Licence. See Peter Philip, BRITISH RESIDENTS AT THE CAPE 1795-1812 (p.265-6). He would have needed to know what Proclamations were out there in order to trade lawfully and profitably!
4 Daniell, Samuel & 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. London: William Daniell & William Wood (publishers); Richard and Arthur Taylor (printer), 1820.

48 leaves of text, [48] plates: ill. Oblong 4to. Recent half calf & marbled paper covered boards. Neatly recased with new endpapers. Some pages professionally restored on edges. Some spotting. Original title lable laid down on verso of rear new free endpaper. R 15 000

Samuel Daniell (1775-1811) arrived at the Cape on 9 December 1799 and accompanied Dr Somerville and John Barrow on an expedition into the interior (reaching as far as Lataku, then the limit of European exploration). This journey was the source of both this book and AFRICAN SCENERY AND ANIMALS (published in 1804-5). "He was indefatigable in the pursuit of the various subjects he had delineated; and it was his constant care to see the animals alive, that he might make himself master of their actions and habits. To the knowledge acquired in this way he added all that could be obtained in the country which produced the animals he had represented, by conversation with the peasants and the natives." See Mendelssohn, vol. 1. p. 412-413.

SAB distinguishes between two editions, a quarto edition and this oblong folio edition (vol. 2, p. 13).
5 Sparrman, Andrew. A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE AND ROUND THE WORLD: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and the Caffres from the year 1772 to 1776; by Andrew Sparrman; translated from the Swedish original. London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1785.

2 vols. (xxviii, 368 p., [3] leaves of plates; viii, 350 p., [7] leaves of plates): ill., frontis. (vol. 1), folding map (vol. 2). 4to. Full contemporary calf with raised bands & gilding on spine. Page edges browned, slight staining to endpapers. Book block clean & binding tight. R 50 000

Sparrman (1748-1820), the son of a clergyman, began medical studies at the age of fourteen and was an pupil of Linnaeus. He proceeded to the Cape with the Royal Swedish East India Company to take up a post as a tutor. When James Cook arrived at the Cape later in that year, Sparrman was taken on as an assistant naturalist. On his return to the Cape in 1775 he practised medicine and made several excursions into the interior in search of natural history specimens. Of his journey through Kaffraria, Theal said "[it is the] most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of people then residing in it." See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 414. See also SAB vol. 4, p. 362.