Paul Kollmann — The Victoria Nyanza

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of Paul Kollmann's ethnographic work on Victoria Nyanza, or Lake Victoria, at a time when it was under partial German colonial rule in the late 19th century. The first English edition. An excellent copy, in the publisher's original red cloth. Written by Paul Kollmann, the Senior Lieutenant of the Royal Saxon Army, formerly of the Imperial Troops for German East Africa. Written in the late nineteenth century, at a time when Africa's largest lake, Lake Victoria, was under partial German and British colonial rule, before the First World War.In this work, Kollmann presents his account of the land, the people, the customs and the language of this region at the time. Illustrated with a folding map and 372 vignette illustrations from native objects in the author's own collection. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, lovely, although gilt rubbed to the front board. Light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .