A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World; but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776 The two works have a

The two works have a total of 419 hand-colored plates - these two works represent the foundation for the study of South African orchids by the first orchidologist of South Africa

The initials of a previous owner appear on the front green wrapper

Only a few hundred copies were published

Griffiths on the front endpaper of each volume

sm folio (13 x 10 inches)

A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World; but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776 The two works have aPp. xxvii, 368, 2 full page copper engraved monochrome plates of Hottentot ornaments and arms, 1 large triple folding copper engraved map of the southern coast of Africa; pp. viii, 350, (2, errata), 9 full page copper engraved monochrome plates illustrating South African antelopes, hartebeest, buffalo, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, spring bok, and more. Later one quarter brown leather, spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in three compartments,