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Robertson (John)

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Published: Published for the Author, Cape Town, 1856

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iii + 96 pages, original brown cloth with a title label on the upper cover and a later label along the spine – the top of the spine is slightly frayed otherwise this a very good copy it the original state with the endpapers intact.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 234, ‘A curious little collection of essays, written in Cape Town about the middle of the nineteenth century and mainly illustrative of that town and its suburbs at that period. One of the chapters deals with the state of the Cape Town Library, drawing attention to the lack of a proper catalogue, and criticising the selection of new books acquired from time to time.’

  • Size: 8vo (195 x 115 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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