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Auction #132 begins on 09 Jul 2026

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BEAUTIFUL CAPE TOWN

Published: Circa 1912

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $70/80

Bidding opens: 9 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Jul 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Unpaginated, 12 black and white plates, light red card wrappers titled gilt on the upper cover and tied with cord, a very good copy.

Catalogued from the cover. No publication details are included.

Printed in Saxony embossed at the bottom of the back cover.

Extracted from A South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 155: The plates are engraved sketches from photographs and include an illustration of Rhodes Memorial which was completed in 1912; also A view of Devil's peak; Grand Parade and City Hall; Victoria Road and Apostles; Groote Schuur and the mountain tramway at Camps Bay.

2 copies are listed.

  • Size: Oblong 8vo (200 x 250 mm)


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