Compendium of South African History and Geography.

£500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Theal was one of the few intellectuals working in South Africa trying to make sense of the country in its entirety: i.e. in historical, geographic and ethnographic terms. “The first of Theal’s more important historical works, and the most complete publication of its kind issued up to date” (Mendelssohn). Mendelssohn II, p473.

• Year: 1873

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