KOLBE (PETER) Caput Bonae Spei hodiernum. das ist: vollständige Beschreibung des Afrikanis...

KOLBE (PETER) Caput Bonae Spei hodiernum. das ist: vollständige Beschreibung des Afrikanischen Vorgebürges der Guten Hofnung, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 23 engraved plates, one double-page engraved map, small hole with loss of a few letters to final 4 leaves of index, contemporary catspaw calf, rebacked preserving original gilt-tooled spine with red morocco label, marbled edges, Dutch patterned endpapers (front free endpaper replaced) [Mendelssohn I, p.842], folio (345 x 210mm.), Nuremburg, Peter Conrad Monath, 1719 Footnotes: SCARCE FIRST EDITION of 'one of the first works in German devoted entirely to the Cape region of South Africa... Aware of the conflicting information promulgated by many Europeans, Kolb recorded his voyages in part 'to oblige the learned and curious part of the world with a useful and entertaining history of a country and people, of whom we have had hitherto such various and uncertain accounts'' (Howgego). Kolbe (1675-1726) lived at the Cape from 1705 till 1713, and based his account on first hand experience. Provenance: Lavington bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing