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Rare and modern books

Moffat

MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

John Snow, Paternoster-Row, 1842

1265.00 €

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Year of publication
1842
Place of printing
London
Author
Moffat
Publishers
John Snow, Paternoster-Row
Edition
VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THIS RARE BOOK. The
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

First edition, first printing. Profusely illustrated throughout with full and partial-page engravings by G. Baxter, including a very finely executed handcoloured frontispiece and a large folding map of South Africa. 8vo, Bound by R W. Preston, Nottingham in contemporary three-quarter calf, raised bands to the spine, compartments diced in blind, lettered in blind, marbled endleaves, all edges marbled. xvi, 624 pp. A handsome copy internally, text bright and clean, some foxing to the prelims, upper hinge separated, some wear to the spine tip and additional scuffing or age evidence to the binding.
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