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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Cape Provincial Institute of Architects:

THE BUILDINGS OF CENTRAL CAPE TOWN, VOLUMES. 1, 2 & 3:

Published: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects, Cape Town, 1978 - 1983

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $130/160

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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VOLUME 1. FORMATIVE INFLUENCES AND CLASSIFICATION

VOLUME 2. CATALOGUE

VOLUME 3: CATALOGUE AND CLASSIFICATION

 Contributors: Rennie (John), Louw (Teresa) & Goddard (Gregg)

 

  1. 65 pages, oblong 4to (255 x 360 mm), maps and photographs, brown faux cloth books, reprinted March 1979, dust soiling on the top edge, a very good copy in the dust jacket.
  2. 369 pages, 8vo (220 x 150 mm), maps and photographs, brown faux cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket.
  3. 697 pages, 8vo (220 x 150 mm), maps - some folding and photographs, paperback, a very good copy.

The "Rennie" Grading System: This survey established the grading system (Grades 1, 2, 3, etc.) that is still the ancestor of the heritage management systems used by Heritage Western Cape and the City of Cape Town today. It documents Cape Town as it looked in the late 1970s. Many of the buildings catalogued in these books have since been demolished or radically altered, making this the only record of their original state.

  • Overall Condition: Very good


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