The occupation of the Cape by the British in 1806 proved one of the greatest watersheds in the history of the colony and indeed of the embryonic nation itself. It was thereby incorporated for a century and a half into the greatest empire the world had yet known, the legacy of which is felt - more widely than perhaps is generally acknowledged - even today. The majority of illustrations appearing in this book have been drawn from the splendid Brenthurst collection of Africana, and they record, before the days of the camera, the Cape as it appeared during the years 1806-1872; 236 pages.
This edition is one of 850 copies bound in cloth [Printed by Creda Press, Cape Town, on 118gsm Byronic Text Britewhite, manufactured by Domtar, Canada].
Condition: fine; the dust-jacket is in very good condition, with light edge-creasing (a little heavier at spine ends).
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: An excellent copy
- Size: Oblong 4to
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