the currer copy

The Currer copy, in the scarcely found original cloth. Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) was an eminent book collector, with a reputation for books in high condition, and is often described as 'the head of all female collectors in Europe' (ODNB).

This work contains an account of the principal islands, ports and settlements on the West Coast of Africa in 1835, and much information is afforded regarding the colonies on the Gold Coast. Details are given of the death of Hintza, the Kaffir King, as also of the interviews with other native chiefs, which led to the submission of their people.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm); 19 engraved plates including frontispieces, 11 in-text illustrations, 2 engraved maps, armorial bookplates to pastdowns, plates foxed but still attractive; publisher's original blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering to spines, spine of vol 1 professionally restored, a very good copy; xxii, [ii], 428; xii, 352 pp.

Mendelssohn I p. 20.