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 sm folio (13 x 10

sm folio (13 x 10 inches)

Only a few hundred copies were published

first issue with the title page printed in red and black and with the coat of arms of the Royal Society printed on the title page

Griffiths on the front endpaper of each volume

Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa (Mozambique

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 sm folio (13 x 10Pp. 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,