HOWISON (John).

European Colonies,

in Various Parts of the World, Viewed in their Social, Moral, and Physical Condition.

First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red calf, gilt, a little rubbed, bookplate to front pastedowns. xii, 430; xii, 460pp. London, Richard Bentley, 1834.

£500.00

“Of considerable interest” (Mendelssohn). A broad overview of European colonisation, detailing the physical geography as well as the ethnographic details of the indigenous population of each colony. The section on South Africa extends to 213 pages.

Sabin, 33367; Mendelssohn I, p741.

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196533