The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, a particular account of the several nations of the Hottentots: ... Together with a short account of the Dutch settlement at the Cape. Written originally in High German, by Peter Kolben, ... Done into English ... by Mr. Medley. ...
Peter Kolb (1675-1726)
Category
Books
Date
1731
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3215583
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates (some fold.) : ill., map, port. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge style panelled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; remnants of gilt tooled spine; missing spine labels.
Makers and roles
Peter Kolb (1675-1726)