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Auction #124 begins on 03 Jul 2025

Pearse (G.E.)

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Van Schaik, Cape Town, 1960

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $45

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 3 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Jul 16:30 GMT

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Author was A.R.I.B.A. and Professor Emeritus in Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand. Written as a companion volume to Author's 'Eighteenth Century Architecture In South Africa'. The scholarship, detailed plans and elevations drawn to scale, distinguish this book as a definitive text on the subject. 

J.L. Van Schaik. Cape Town 1960.

Blue cloth boards. 193pp illustrated b/w. folio.

A sound copy with excellent contents. Damp storage has affected front and rear boards as well as dustwrapper, but text and plates unaffected.  Overall G++ in a grim dustwrapper. See images.

Our Ref: #29472

  • Jacket Condition: Fair
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 260mm x 340mm x 40mm 2.5kg


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