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
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
Small 8vo, (170x110mm) orig. brown, blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine and front board; backstrip worn and split along one joint, wear to head and foot. Some scattered spotting, colour plates foxed. Lacks folding map. Signature to endpaper. Poor.
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