Relative to the Aboriginal Tribes. To which is prefixed an Inquiry into the Justice and Expediency of Publishing the rmaining Portion of those Records.First edition. Modern, half morocco, with red morocco label on front cover, gilt. Original green wrapper bound in at rear. iv, 29, 8, 48pp. Cape of Good Hope, 1841.
This work is essentially a compilation of extracts taken from Moodie’s earlier work Cape Records, which was a series of translations from the colonial archives illustrative of the treatment and condition of the native tribes in the early days of settlement. Mendelssohn II, p45.
