KOLB, Peter Caput Bonae Spei hodiernym. Das ist: Vollständige Bescheribung des Africanischen Vorgebürges der Guten Hofnung (...) was die eigenen Einwohner die Hottentotten, vor seltsame Sitten und Gebräuche haben. 1719Nürnberg,P.C. Monath,folio,...
Estimation :
1800 / 2500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
cont. vellum (rubbed, edges def., front joint starting to split, scribbling on front cover), [20]-846-[82] pp. (somewhat spotted, title and half-title underlaid with old inscription erased, sm. tears in some plate margins).
Original German ed. of this classic description of South Africa, with accounts of the native Hottentots (Khoikhoi), the Dutch settlements and their modes of existence; it contains the earliest description of the local fauna. Engr. ills : front. portrait of Kolb by W.P. Kilian after N. Krüger, folding map, 1 full-page plan, and 21 (of 22) full-page plates with 2 views each (as often, lacking Pl. "O"). Attractive plates including a fine, folding view of the Cape of Good Hope, representations of the Hottentot natives and a variety of animals, and folding maps of the East Coast, the Cape and Cape Colony. Vol. I, chapter XVI (pp. 241 - 259) concerns the food of the Hottentots; chapter XVII (pp. 259 - 271) their childbirth practices; Vol. II, chapter IX (pp. 121 - 159) details the diseases of the Europeans in the Cape and their methods of cure. “Exact and detailed description of the Cape of Good Hope, containing a very circumstantial account of its settlements, harbour, fortress, form of government, extent, and the regions recently discovered in its vicinity; together with an erudite description of the climate and soil of the territory, of its animals, fishes, birds, plants and herbs” (Mendelssohn). Title printed in red & black. Text in 2 cols in gothic type.
Original German ed. of this classic description of South Africa, with accounts of the native Hottentots (Khoikhoi), the Dutch settlements and their modes of existence; it contains the earliest description of the local fauna. Engr. ills : front. portrait of Kolb by W.P. Kilian after N. Krüger, folding map, 1 full-page plan, and 21 (of 22) full-page plates with 2 views each (as often, lacking Pl. "O"). Attractive plates including a fine, folding view of the Cape of Good Hope, representations of the Hottentot natives and a variety of animals, and folding maps of the East Coast, the Cape and Cape Colony. Vol. I, chapter XVI (pp. 241 - 259) concerns the food of the Hottentots; chapter XVII (pp. 259 - 271) their childbirth practices; Vol. II, chapter IX (pp. 121 - 159) details the diseases of the Europeans in the Cape and their methods of cure. “Exact and detailed description of the Cape of Good Hope, containing a very circumstantial account of its settlements, harbour, fortress, form of government, extent, and the regions recently discovered in its vicinity; together with an erudite description of the climate and soil of the territory, of its animals, fishes, birds, plants and herbs” (Mendelssohn). Title printed in red & black. Text in 2 cols in gothic type.
