ANGAS (GEORGE FRENCH) The Kafirs Illustrated in a Series of Drawings taken among the Amazulu, Am...

ANGAS (GEORGE FRENCH) The Kafirs Illustrated in a Series of Drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakoza Tribes; also, Portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and Other Races inhabiting Southern Africa: together with Sketches of Landscape Scenery in the Zulu Country, Natal, and the Cape Colony, FIRST EDITION, lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author on India paper, 35 hand-coloured lithographed plates on 30 sheets after Angas, illustrations in the text, short tear and repair to margin of frontispiece and plate 1, plate 25 slightly shorter and mounted on stub, later half morocco retaining original gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover and part of original spine [Abbey Travel 339; Colas 134; Mendelssohn I, pp.45-6; Tooley 60], folio (550 x 365mm.), J. Hogarth, 1849 Footnotes: 'The three large works by George French Angas, the 'Kaffirs,' New Zealanders and South Australia, are amongst the most important of the illustrated travel books of their period... Of the three works, the 'Kaffirs' is the most uncommon' (Tooley). Angas (1822–1886) studied anatomical drawing and lithography in London prior to travelling to New Zealand and Australia, and, for two years, in South Africa. 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