The Cape Peninsula being Pen and Colour Sketches described by Réné Juta and painted by W. Westhofen, 25 colour illustrations, 118 pages,175 x 225mm, foxing, some writing (translation) on text, condition:very good.
The narrative takes up with two slightly sentimental travellers , who encounter the immortals (Le Vaillant,Cloete,Van Riebeek and the Dutch Commanders,Lady Anne Barnard & others) with the sometimes discordant chorus (Hottentots, Slaves,Wine-makers,Sailors & the like).
'Marinus smoked his pipe of peace and of Transvaal tobacco, and I opened the brass bottle, which, indeed, is no bottle at all, but, as everyone not vulgarly inclined knows, a fairy-tale metaphor for one's imagination.' ( from chapter one, The Castle).
- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: 175 x 225mm
- Sold By: The Old Limpopo Curiosity Shop (research bookshop)
- Contact Person: Mark Inman
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 011 888 2067
- Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal. EFT. direct deposit. cheques.
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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