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Auction #121 begins on 27 Feb 2025

Photographs

PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA

comprising representative views of cities, streets, churches, parliament houses, public buildings, statues, memorials, houses, huts, lighthouses, harbours; Its diamond mines, gold mines, railways, ships, farms, plantations; Its scenery, rivers, mountains, Karoo, tropical vegetation, waterfalls, social life, scenes on the "veld",....

Published: South African Photo-Publishing Company, Cape Town, 1894

Edition: First

Reserve: $90

Approximately:

Estimate: $135

Bidding opens: 27 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 6 Mar 16:30 GMT

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Photographs of South Africa comprising Representative Views. 199 Photographs. Dark brown full padded leather with gilt illustrated design with lettering to front board. Three raised bands with gilt decoration to spine. All edges gilded. External wear to all the leather cover edges. Small section of paper loss at the spine bottom. Oval bookplate of Robert Siff on fep. Pictures and content in good condition.

Photographs: Cities, Streets, Churches, Parliament Houses, Public Buildings, Statues, Memorials, Houses, Huts, Lighthouses, Harbours & Its Diamond Mines, Gold Mines, Railways, Ships, Farms, Plantations.

Its Scenery, Rivers, Mountains, Karoo, Tropical Vegetation, Waterfalls, Social Life, Scenes on the Veld, Natives.

Collected from Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Basutoland, Zululand, Swaziland, Delagoa Bay, etc.

The largest and most perfect collection of photographs of South Africa ever published. Each picture carefully and accurately described.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 22 x 30 cm Oblong


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