Herschel at the Cape - David Evans et al. Balkema.

Diaries and Correspondence 1834-1838.  Cape social and cultural life.

Hard cover book in excellent condition, but with a short message on the FEP. Dust jacket in excellent conition.

Balkema: 1st Ed, 1969.   398 Pages.

Written during the time spent making astronomical observations of the southern sky at the Cape of Good Hope, presenting personal and social history, literary commentaries, observations of nature and numerous scientific experiments, travel, political intrigues, gossip and philosophical reflections.

2 maps, 20 plates, 1 frontispiece and 13 figures.