EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Third edition: 49 pages of text, frontispiece, many maps, plans and illustrations including 112 plates, original blue cloth, top edge dyed light blue, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

Editor's note: 'This is a new edition of what has become widely accepted as a classic and pioneering study of a subject of established importance. Originally published in 1933, Professor Pearse was the first to consider and describe the Cape architecture of the 18th century as an independent style, and to examine this within its historical perspective. In the cultural development of South Africa, there has been no greater achievement. The study commences with an outline of the historical, political, social, geological and climatic character of the Cape in the 18th century; this is followed by a statement of the architectural character of buildings, town houses, and country houses; after which follow detailed notes on materials and craftsmanship (including roofs, doors and windows, gables, stairs, fireplaces, etc.). A chapter on the architects and craftsmen involved, include notes on Louis Michel Thibault, Anton Anreith, and Herman Schutte. There are 36 line drawings in the text; and 111 plates that present 59 photographic studies, and 80 superbly-executed architectural drawings from measured details. In this edition, many of the subjects were newly-photographed by Willem Malherbe and by Hans Fransen (who was responsible for the selection of the new photographs), and the majority of the details were reproduced from the original drawings. The plates are fully described in extensive notes.'