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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

The Cape of Good Hope

3 X SOUTH AFRICAN IMPERIAL BLUE BOOKS (1827-1829) relating to the administration, government & trade at the Cape - fine bindings

Published: The House of Commons, London, 1827 & 1829

Edition: First Editions

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Three South African Imperial Blue Books in fine matching modern bindings. 

1.) FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1827)

Publisher's wraps in attractive modern three-quarter leather casing with cloth sides. Marbled endpapers.

101pp. Three plates at rear illustrating plans for a fort and barracks. Fine condition. An unopened copy!

Entry in Mendelssohn (title only) Vol.II, page 658.

2.) Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry; (I). upon the ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: (II). upon the FINANCES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (1827)

The commissioners were John Thomas Bigge, William M. G. Colebrooke, and W. Blair.

Publisher's blue wraps in attractive modern three-quarter leather casing with cloth sides. Marbled endpapers.

83pp. Fine condition. An unopened copy!

Entry in Mendelssohn (title only) Vol.II, page 658.

3.) Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry upon the TRADE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; the Navigation of the Coast, and the Improvement of the Harbours of that Colony (1829)

Publisher's blue wraps in attractive modern three-quarter leather casing with cloth sides. Marbled endpapers.

47pp. Fine condition.

Entry in Mendelssohn (title only) Vol.II, page 658.

Contains information on General Regulations, China Trade, Trade between the Cape and Mauritius, Caffre and Frontier Trade, Internal Markets, Colonial Productions, Light Houses (Table Bay, Simon's Bay, Cape Recife), etc.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
  • Contact Person: Armandt Marais
  • Country: South Africa
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