bouman franken (2 risultati)

4to; original dark buckram, blocked in gilt to spine and upper cover; pp. 149 + (iii) + (128); woodcuts; plates, incl. folding. Boards rather worn, mottled and bumped; hinges starting; some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good only. Excellent plates. Text in English and Afrikaans. 'If at the present day one looks down from the ridges of Stellenboschberg or Papegaaisberg at the village situated in the valley, one can understand that the thought: "This is exactly what I looked for," must have risen at once in the mind of Commander Simon van der Stel when, coming from Hottentots Holland in his search for a suitable place to found a new "Colony," he reached, in the beginning of November, 1679, the little island formed by the double course of the Eerste River.' - Professor J. L. M. Franken.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 149 pages text (complete) and 126 pages photographic illustrations (complete). In Afrikaans, English and some Dutch. A much owned and resolute copy. The boards are much worn and scuffed and marked. They are defiantly mild-mannered. Within, the text pages are most memorably illustrated with Pierneef woodcuts. The text pages are elegant and generous. They are clean, clear, creamy. The photographic plates are less certain: the majority of these pages are loose. However, the pages themselves are clean and clear and benevolent. Despite the drawbacks this is a kindly, diligent and useful copy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.