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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Schoeman (Karel)

BLOEMFONTEIN - die ontstaan van 'n stad

Published: Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1980

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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viii + 305 pp of double-column text (in Afrikaans; though, unusually, all the chapter titles are quotations in English) + an art paper section with 174 captioned b/w photographs. The final letterpress section includes a 30 pp bibliography and a 10 pp index.

The laminated jacket illustration, described in detail on the book's back flap, is a photograph of a 1851 painting by Thomas Baines preserved in the Pretoria Archives. 

In 1846 is 'n klein Britse garnisoen in die nabyheid van die Bloemfontein geplaas in 'n poging om die vrede in die Transoranje te bewaar; honderd jaar later het hier 'n stad van meer as sestigduisend inwoners bestaan.

  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (250 x 190 mm)


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