PRINCE ALFRED IN SOUTH AFRICA The Progress of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert thr...

PRINCE ALFRED IN SOUTH AFRICA The Progress of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert through the Cape Colony, British Kaffraria, the Orange Free State, and Port Natal, in the Year 1860, FIRST EDITION, additional title with albumen print of the Prince 'at the Table Bay Breakwater', 16 albumen print plates (6 from life, 10 reproductions of paintings Baines and Bowler, woodcut vignettes, by Kirkman, Green and York), all pages within decorative borders, spotting and toning, contemporary full decorative morocco gilt with Royal arms on sides, g.e. [Gernsheim 150], 4to, Cape Town, Saul Solomon & Co., 1861 Footnotes: Attractively bound copy of a photographically illustrated commemoration of the Prince's Royal tour to South Africa in 1860. Alfred was the second son of Queen Victoria. The photographs, some of the earliest taken in Africa, include a portrait of Moshoeshoe I, the first King of Lesotho. 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