Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Sketches of some of the various classes and tribes inhabiting the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and the interior of Southern Africa : with a brief account descriptive of the manners and customs of each.
Alternate Title(s):
Caffre tribes
Published / Created:
London : W. Robt. and Lowes Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street, MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
[36] p., 42 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DT1768.X57 S64 1851+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Anonymous.

Illustrations printed by Dickinson & Co.

NSTC, 2A4951

Goldman, F.Y. Index to South African colour-plates in books, 1851-1899, 57

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 340

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half red morocco. Title stamped in gilt letters on front cover.
Subject Terms:
Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs. | Tribes -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope. | British -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope. | South Africa -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | South Africa -- History -- 1836–1909. | W. Robt. and Lowes Dickinson -- Publisher. | Dickinson & Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1851.