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KOLBEN, Peter. Beschreibung des Vorgeburges der Guten Hoffnung..., Frankfurt & Leipzig: Peter Conrad Monath, 1745. 4°, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces, 41 engraved plates, including 7 folding and one folding map (occasional light spotting), later calf by Bayntun, covers with gilt roll-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments, black calf lettering piece.
Mendelssohn I, pp. 842-3: "A full description of the African promontory of Good Hope ... viewed from its condition and situation at the present period ... observations of the habits and customs of the aboriginal Hottentots ... everything concerning the colonies founded by Europeans with ample and additional information respecting the experience of the author during his outward voyage and travels into the interior, and what occured of note during his long residence at the Cape."
Mendelssohn I, pp. 842-3: "A full description of the African promontory of Good Hope ... viewed from its condition and situation at the present period ... observations of the habits and customs of the aboriginal Hottentots ... everything concerning the colonies founded by Europeans with ample and additional information respecting the experience of the author during his outward voyage and travels into the interior, and what occured of note during his long residence at the Cape."
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