CODEX WITSENII IN SOUTH AFRICA

2002 first edition large hardcover with dust jacket in splendid condition.  190 pages. R55 postage in SA. (the white spot in the picture is only a sticker mark on the protective plastic). Annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains in the country of the Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander at the Cape of Good Hope. Copied at the Cape in 1692 for Nicolaas Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdan, Member of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, Ambassador to Great Britain, & c, &c.