The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) pictorial dustjacket lettered in orange

pictorial dustjacket lettered in orange and white on cover and spine

one portrait and 3 uncolored plates

5 full page lithographs of minerals

discoloration from previous framing on page margins

Original tan pictorial wrappers

The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) pictorial dustjacket lettered in orangePp. 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,