Codex Witsenii
Subtitle: annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains in the country of the Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander at the Cape of Good Hope. Copied at the Cape in 1692 for Nicolaas Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdan, Member of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, Ambassador to Great Britain, &c, &c.
By: edited by M. L. Wilson, Th. Toussaint van Hove-Exalto and W. J. J. van Rijssen.
Contributors: Wilson, M. L.; Van Hove, T. Toussaint; Van Rijssen, W. J. J.
Publisher: Iziko Museums of Cape Town; Davidii Media
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cape Town; Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Stel, Simon van der, 1639-1712 -- Travel -- South Africa -- Namaqualand.; Zoology -- South Africa -- Namaqualand -- Pictorial works.; Botany -- South Africa -- Namaqualand -- Pictorial works.; Natural history illustration -- South Africa -- Namaqualand -- 17th century.; Namaqualand (South Africa) -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: Descriptions of plates in Dutch and English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index.