Geschiedenis van de Emigranten-Boeren en van den Vrijheids-Oorlog

(Cape Town: Saul Solomon, 1882). 8vo; somewhat later blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. (vi) + 420; frontis. portrait; maps and plans, incl. folding. Boards very lightly rubbed; short closed tear to folding map, not touching image area. Very good condition. Dutch text. (Mendelssohn II, p. 597) 'This volume describes the "Great Trek" of Dutch-speaking colonists who left the Cape Colony during 1836 and subsequent years, with an account of their history from that time until the retrocession of the Transvaal in 1881. The grievances against the British are duly put on record, the principal points being the method of the abolition of slavery and the Slachter's Nek tragedy, which, with other matters, embittered the Dutch farmers. There is a narrative of the adventures of various parties which set out, and an account of the attack on Retief and his party by Dingan, and of the battle between the Boers under Potgieter and Piet Uys, and the Zulus. ... Following these matters is a description of the deputations to England for the purpose of getting the Government to reverse the annexation, the failure of the delegates, and the subsequent revolt of the Boers, together with an account of the engagements and negotiations terminating in the retrocession of the Transvaal under British suzerainty. It is stated that "British prestige had received a rude shock, and the Burghers no longer feared England's power." ' - Mendelssohn .