DRUMMOND (The Hon. W.H.)

The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa.

First edition. Map, chromolithographed title, frontispiece & 12 plates. 8vo. Very good in original green illustrated cloth, gilt. xxi, 428pp. Edinburgh, 1875.

£500.00

Scarce. Despite the work’s title, Drummond’s narrative focuses on his hunting adventures from 1868 to 1872. He travelled mainly in Tongaland, Zululand and Swaziland and describes hunting rhinoceros, elephant, lion and leopard. Czech, p52; Mendelssohn I, pp487-8.

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