Sparmann, A. A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope,

towards the antarctic circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776 (...). Transl. from the Swedish original. Dublin, White, Cash and Byrne, 1785, 2 vols., XXXVI,395; XI,(1),382 p., w. engr. frontisp., 1 large fold. map (w. tear near spine) and 9 plates (2x fold.), cont. unif. calf, gilt spine w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces. Vol. 1 w. brown spots and rounded upper outer corners at the beginning and end. Bindings rubbed/worn on spine and along extremities, joints splitting but good holding on cords.

SA Bibl. IV, p. 362: "Word for word reprint of the first London ed. with correction of errata."; Mc Call Theal, p. 279: "S. arrived in SA in April 1772. In november of the same year (...) (he) sailed with Captain Cook around the world. In March 1775 the 'Resolution' reached the Cape again and Dr. S. at once set out upon a tour through the colony (...) the result of his observations are given in the work under notice, which is the most interesting and most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony (...) publ. before the beginning of the 19th. century."; Kennedy p. 70/2.