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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Botha (Graham)

SIR JOHN ANDRIES TRUTER 1763 - 1845

WITH A COLLECTION OF GRAHAM BOTHA PUBLICATIONS

Reserve: $65

Approximately:

Estimate: $90

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Green cloth covers. Bookplate of the University of London on fep. Frontispiece of Truter.

Inscribed by a relative Johannes Andreas Truter (1880-1960) to Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas (1853-1931. British civil servant &amp    historian, Lucas worked in the Colonial Office writing a historical geography of the British Colonies in 1908.     

Bound into one volume by a library, it houses a collection of 9 separate articles by Botha. Bound in green cloth covers with title in gilt to the spine. In very good condition. Bookplate of the University of London on fep.  

Sir John Andries Truter 1763- 1845. Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope. (20 pages)

Early Cape Land Tenure. (20 pages)

The Early Inferior Courts of Justice at the Cape. (17 pages)

The Early History of the Cape Province, as illustrated by Dutch place names. (6 pages)

Prices in the Eighteenth Century. (3 pages)

The dispersion of the stock farmer in Cape Colony in the eighteenth century. (7 pages)

The Early Influence of the English Law upon the Roman-Dutch Law in South Africa. (11 pages)

Note on early veld burning in the Cape Colony. (5 pages)

Social customs in South Africa during the 18th century. (12 pages)

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (240 x 150 mm)


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