African Scenery and Animals, 2 Volumes

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Sold: Volks Auctioneers, Pretoria, 24 February, 1999, Estate Late Mrs Elizabeth Rose (neé Gubbins), lot 30

In Mendelssohn's opinion this is 'The scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African Illustrations'. Samuel Daniell arrived at the Cape on 9 December 1799. He was appointed by Lieutenant-General Dundas, who became his patron there, and to whom the first part is dedicated, to act as secretary to a mission to the 'Booshuanas'. The expedition eventually reached Lattakoo, at that time the limit of European exploration, and was the source for Daniell of the drawings for the plates.