Antiquarian Auctions

Auction #132 has ended

Fairbridge (Dorothea)

HISTORIC FARMS OF SOUTH AFRICA

The wool, the wheat, and the wine of the 17th and 18th centuries

Published: Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford, London, 1931

Edition: First Edition

Lot closed

Sold for: Register or Sign In to find out

Bids: 1

Visits: 74

Have a similar item to sell? Contact Us with the details.

How it works

Register

First Edition: 194 pages, colour frontispiece, 3 maps, 2 plans, 1 colour and numerous black & white plates and illustrations, brown buckram gilt, light foxing on the page edges, a very good copy in dust jacket now preserved in a Brodart protector.

Historic Farms of South Africa is a companion volume to Fairbridge's Historic Houses of South Africa (1922). It examines the great wine, wheat, and wool farms of the Cape during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tracing the development of the agricultural economy.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Small 4to (265 x 195 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021 794 0600
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


© 2026 Paul Mills trading as AntiquarianAuctions.com. All rights reserved. Use of this website is regulated by our website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.