SMITH (Rev. T.)

South Africa Delineated

or, Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of its Tribes and Missions, and of the British Colonies of the Cape and Port-Natal. First edition. Frontispiece & 5 engraved plates. 8vo. Fine in modern half morocco, spine gilt. xii, 216, 12ads.pp. London, 1850.

£500.00

Although much of the content of this work was originally published in the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, Smith rewrote the text and added chapters on Bechuanaland and Natal before publication. It is a valuable source of information regarding the “War of the Axe”. Mendelssohn II, p333; Theal, p275.

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