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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

[Burchell (W.J.)]

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM J. BURCHELL (2 volumes)

Published: Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1938 & 1952

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Volume One: The Bachapins of Litakun. VolumeĀ  Two: Landscape Drawings.

Collotype Reproductions with Descriptive Text. Edited by Helen M McKay.

2 volumes, unpaginated, frontispiece portraits, 1 map in each volume, 19 + 20 (13 folding) collotype reproductions with descriptive text (4 + 11 in colour), half red morocco gilt, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers (bookplate of Percival Bishop in volume 1), occasional light foxing in volume 2, a very good set.

Gubbins Trust Publications Numbers 1 & 2.

Each volume published in an edition limited to 300 copies of which these are numbers 258 and 196.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Large 4to (360 x 265 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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