THE JOURNAL OF GUSTAF DE VYLDER.Naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875 by Rudner, Ione & Jalmar (editors) - 1998

(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1998) 0958411247. Second Series No. 28: This is the volume for 1997. 8vo; original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xliv + 292, incl. index and publisher's catalogue; colour frontis.; photographic portrait of De Vylder; illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. "Gustav De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country. His travels were undertaken some years before the German colonial occupation when the European presence, except for a handful of missionaries, traders and travellers, was slight. De Vylder’s journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region." .

Van Riebeeck Society, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Foxing.Well bound.Second series no.28 only.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Van Riebeeck Society, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Excellent binding.Second series no.28 only.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Van Riebeeck Society, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. jacket is lightly shelf rubbed and marked. internally clean. excellent binding. fine copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No.28 Cape Town 1998 (for 1997).. No inscriptions. A Fine copy in dustwrapper (spine very lightly faded, as often).. Gilt on chocolate cloth boards. 292pp 8vo. tipped-in cold.frontis. illustrated b/w sketches, photograph of author, map. 0.6kg De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Nambia collecting insects and other natural-history specimensfpr institutions in his own country. This was before the German occupation and when the European presence was restricted to a few missionaries, traders, and travellers.

Cape Town, South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pages. References. Index. Translated from the original Swedish. "De Vylder was a Swedish naturalist, who, after a year's stay in Cape Town, journeyed through present-day Namibia from 1873 to 1875 collecting insects and other natural-history specimens for institutions in his home country... His journal is a record of an adventurous journey, personal encounters and conditions in what was then considered to be a remote region... With this translation the historical travel literature of southern Africa has been enriched." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..