[Herschel (Sir John)] Sir John Herschel at the Cape 1834 - 1838. , Cape Town: Quarterly Bulletin of the South Africa Librar, 1958.

Off-Print. 8vo., 43pp. (29-82), with colour frontispiece and eighteen b/w plates; original drab printed stiff paper wrappers. Scarce. Reprinted from volume 12, no.2, (1957) of the Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library. This important pamphlet contains a number of scholarly articles on Herschel including: 'Sir John Herschel at the Cape, Introduction' by D.H.Varley; 'Sir John Herscel (1792-1871)' by R.H. Stoy; 'The Astronomical Work of Sir John Herschel at the Cape' by David S. Evans; 'Sir John Herschel's Contribution to Educational Developments at the Cape of Good Hope' by E.G. Pells; 'The Cape in the 1830s' by A.M. Lewin Robinson; 'Notes on the Camera Lucida' (unsigned). Concludes with a list of publications by and about Herschel. (Book ref. 03416)  £25.00

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