The Kafir, the Hottentot, and the Frontier Farmer. Passages of Missionary Life from the Journals of the Venerable Archdeacon Merriman
- Collection : Greathead, David J. (2023-11)
- Publisher : George Bell
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : col frontis, 2 col + 3 engraved plates, folding map
Description:
Third Thousand (first published 1853). Scarce. Edited by Robert Gray, Bishop of Cape Town. Taken from the journals and diaries of Archdeacon Nathaniel James Merriman (1809-1882) (later the third Bishop of Grahamstown), during his time as a missionary in the lands of the Cape Colony. Contains a lively account of the peoples and landscape from the early history of South Africa.
Condition
8vo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped dec. to boards and spine, gilt title to spine and front board; spine faded, top of front joint worn, corners lightly bumped. Occasional light spotting. Short pencil annotation to rear endpaper. Owner's name to front endpaper. Vg. Blind stamp and bookplate of the "Diocese of St. John's: Kaffraria. Chapter House Library, Umtata" (Modern Mthatha, South Africa).
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