Thunberg in South Africa and Japan

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Author: Thunberg, Charles Peter
Title: Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for F. and C. Rivington
Date Published: 1795-1796
Description:

4 volumes. xii, 317 pp.; xiv, [2], 316, [15] pp.; [ix]-xii, 285, xv pp.; xix, [1], 293, [16] pp. Illustrated with frontis and 6 plates, of which 1 is folding. (8vo) 20.5x12.5 cm. (8x5") ¾ leather with marbled boards, red morocco spine label, spine titled and ruled in gilt. Third Edition.

Thunberg's account of his travels with the Dutch East India Company around the Cape of Good Hope to Japan. Thunberg was a Swedish botanist and student of Linnaeus and is referred to as the "father of South African botany."
Condition Report: Some wear and rubbing to covers and spines; internal toning and foxing, some slight tears; overall very good.