De Beschryving van De Kaap de Goede Hoop, door Peter Kolbe.Te Amsterdam, by Balthazar Lakeman. MDCCXXVII.
I.C. Philips invenit et fecit 1727.
Engraving with very large margins. Library stamp Essex Institute top right off image. Plate 286 x 171mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Slight foxing.
Frontispiece to "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop", with various animals and other references to the contents of the work. Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is the frontispiece from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30702] £120.00
Engraving with very large margins. Library stamp Essex Institute top right off image. Plate 286 x 171mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Slight foxing.
Frontispiece to "Naaukeurige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop", with various animals and other references to the contents of the work. Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was sent to South Africa with a mission to provide information about the country and to do astronomical and surveying research. First published in Germany in 1719 as Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, the book 'professes to be a complete account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants'. This is the frontispiece from the Dutch edition, published in Amsterdam in two volumes in 1727.
[Ref: 30702] £120.00