Research Catalog

Title

The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope, or, A particular account of the several nations of the Hottentots : their religion, government, laws, customs, ceremonies, and opinions; their art of war, professions, language, genius, &c. : together with a short account of the Dutch settlement at the Cape / written originally in High German, by Peter Kolben, A.M. ; done into English from the original by Mr. Medley ; illustrated with copper plates.

Author

Kolb, Peter, 1675-1726.

Publication

London : Printed for W. Innys, at the west end of St. Paul's, MDCCXXXI. [1731]

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Details

Additional Authors

Medley, Guido

Description

2 v. : ill., map, plan, port.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope
• Particular account of the several nations of the Hottentots
• Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope ... containing, the natural history of the cape

Subjects

• Natural history > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Early works to 1800
• Khoikhoi (African people) > Early works to 1800
• Annotations (Provenance)
• Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800
• Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Annotations (Provenance)

Note

• Vol. 2 has title: The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope: Vol. II. Containing, the natural history of the cape ...
• "Books printed for William Innys"--Bookseller's advertisement, p. [1]-[2], first count, in v. 1; also a seperate advertisement with the same caption title, p. [1] at end of v. 2.
• "Printed by and for G. Smith in Princess-Street, Spitalfields."--Bookseller's advertisement, p. [2]-[3] at end of v. 1.
• Errata: verso of title page. of v.1, and at foot of p. 363.
• Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
• There is no plate XII in v. 1, and some plates in vols. 1 and 2 are unnumbered.
• Vol. 1: [2], xviii, [8], 365, [3] p., I-XI, XIII-XIV [i.e. 17] leaves of plates (2 folded); v.2: xviii, [2], 363, [1] p., IX [i.e. 13] leaves of plates (1 folded).

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue
• Catalogue of the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in pencil, on recto of flyleaf preceding frontispiece, a note [in Schomburg's hand?] regarding François Le Vaillant's observations upon this work. ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 916.87-K (Kolben, P. Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope)

LCCN

35032069

OCLC

• 8753866
• NYPGR8753866-B

Author

Kolb, Peter, 1675-1726.

Title

The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope, or, A particular account of the several nations of the Hottentots : their religion, government, laws, customs, ceremonies, and opinions; their art of war, professions, language, genius, &c. : together with a short account of the Dutch settlement at the Cape / written originally in High German, by Peter Kolben, A.M. ; done into English from the original by Mr. Medley ; illustrated with copper plates.

Imprint

London : Printed for W. Innys, at the west end of St. Paul's, MDCCXXXI. [1731]

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T147067

Catalogue of the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature, 7553

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916.87-K (copy 2) (accession no. B526854) inscribed: in pencil, on recto of flyleaf preceding frontispiece, a note [in Schomburg's hand?] regarding François Le Vaillant's observations upon this work. ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 916.87-K (copy 2) has vol. 1 only; bookseller's advertisement (p. [1]-[2]. first count) has been bound between the title page leaf (p. [i]-[ii]) and the dedication leaf (p. [iii]-[iv]). NN

Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6443.

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Added Author

Medley, Guido, translator.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 916.87-K (Kolben, P. Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope)

Sc Rare 916.87-K (Kolb, P. Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope) Library has: vol. 1 only

*KC 1731 (Kolb, P. Present state of the Cape of Good-Hope)