The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) 4to (11 x 8

4to (11 x 8

Original tan pictorial wrappers

lettered in green and black on the spine and front cover

6 full page black-and-white lithographed plates

pictorial dustjacket lettered in orange and white on cover and spine

The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) 4to (11 x 8Pp. xii , 368; 16 full page color plates, 165 black and white text figures. Publishers original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book gives details on four collections of more than 300 bird and mammal drawings made by the following explorers: The Forsters, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Carl Peter Thunberg, William Paterson and Francois Levaillant. Warmly inscribed by the author,