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The Journal of Gustaf de Vylder, Naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875
by Rudner, Ione & Jalmar (translators and editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0958411247
- ISBN 13
- 9780958411240
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1998) 0958411247. 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 Vylders journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11089
- Title
- The Journal of Gustaf de Vylder, Naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875
- Author
- Rudner, Ione & Jalmar (translators and editors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0958411247
- ISBN 13
- 9780958411240
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1998) 0958411247
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Exploration. Journals. Travel. South West Africa Namibia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Namibia;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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