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Gray (Robert)

Three Monthsí Visitation, by the Bishop of Capetown, in the Autumn of 1855: with an Account of his Voyage to the Island of Tristan DíAcunha, in March, 1856. With original sketches by Mrs. Gray, printed in colours.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1856.,

312.50 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Gray (Robert)
Publishers
London: Bell and Daldy, 1856.
Keyword
Travel South Africa Tristan DíAcuna

Description

First edition, 8vo, [4], 156pp., half-title, coloured frontispiece, 6 coloured plates with tissue guards, contemporary calf, hinges slightly rubbed, small piece missing from head of spine, school prize binding with the gilt arms of the Forest School, Essex, on both covers. ìThe tour occupied a period of three months, and included visits to Swellendam, Knysna, George, and many other districts. The account of the visit of Tristan DíAcunha is very interesting, but the inhabitants seem to have been in poor circumstances, and most of them were desirous of leaving; only a small proportion of the island was habitable, and even in this small area the ground had already become impoverished.î - Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn, p.628.
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