Buy this book on-line CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Jonathan AYLIFF's copy) : Proceedings of, and Evidence Taken By, the Commission on Native AffairsGodlonton & Richards, Grahamstown, 1865
Very good indeed in contemporary 1/2 brown calf by Saul Solomon, marbled boards, hingesand extremities rubbed, text clean and tight. Jonathan AYLIFF's copy, with his autograph on the top margins of pp.21 and 91 of the Appendices, and numerious ink marinal emphasis lines drawing attention to items he considered to be of importance. Also loosely tipped in is a slip in his autograph with two quotations from an 1861 sermon by Bsp. Cotterill concerning polygamy in African society. Jonathan AYLIFF (1829-1885) was a son of noted Wesleyan missionary John Ayliff, was a noted lawyer and politician. He was one of the seven Commissioners who authored this report, a fundamental document in recording customary law in that period. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Jonathan AYLIFF's copy) : Proceedings of, and Evidence Taken By, the Commission on Native Affairs. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, used books, fine bindings, out-of-print books and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |