Van Der Stel Simon (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to,i-xxviii, 183 pp, frontispiece, 43 black and white plates, sketch map. Original green cloth, the lightest of spotting to the closed fore edge but an excellent clean copy in a dust wrapper with some repaired tears. Simon Van Der Stel was appointed Commander at the Cape of Good Hope in 1679. His manuscript recording his expedition to the Copper Mountains of Namaqualand was lost until rediscovered by the editor in 1922 being part of the Fagel Collection acquired by Trinity College Dublin. Most of the plates illustrated natural history subjects.

1932. (4to) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 183 pp., plus 44 plates. Green cloth with a gilt crest on the cover and spine. Edited from the manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. Frontispiece, map, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. There is minor spotting on the edges and the first few leaves, also some minor evidence of the edges of the bottom corners of the plates at the back having been damp. Journals of Simon Van der Stel. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botanical Illustration--South Africa, Botany--South Africa, Explorers--Africa, Zoological Illustration--South Africa).

Wrappers, 20, 27 pp. Simon van der Stel (1639-1712) was the last commander and first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. Van der Stel made a start developping the South African wine industry.

1685-6. [with] an autograph note from the author dated 31 August, 1946. First edition, thus. Frontispiece, 44 plates and map. Large 8vo. Original cloth, gilt and blindstamped, endpapers lightly foxed. xxvii, 183pp. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., Simon van der Stel was appointed Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope settlement in 1679. In 1685 he led an expedition overland to the north of Table Bay. He reached Namaqualand and made a peaceful pact with the natives. In turn the copper mountain was discovered and a smelting furnace was established almost immediately. His account includes descriptions of the people and natural history of the region.Howgego, S170.

Dublin 1932. 4to. xxviii,183 pp. Ocl.w.dj. (very good copy).