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Auction #123 begins on 15 May 2025

[Burchell (William John)]

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM J. BURCHELL

Edited by Helen M.McKay. Volume One: The Bachapins of Litākun. Volume Two: Landscape Drawings. Collotype Reproductions with Descriptive Text.

Published: Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1938 & 1952

Edition: First Editions

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200/225

Bidding opens: 15 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 May 16:30 GMT

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First edition: 2 volumes, unpaginated, frontispiece portraits of Burchell, 1 map in each volume, 19 + 20 (13 folding) collotype reproductions with descriptive text (4 + 11 in colour), half red morocco with matching cloth boards, titled gilt on the spines, marbled endpapers, volume 2 has uncut fore edges, a very good set in the dust jackets.

Gubbins Trust Publications nos. 1 - 2

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Folio (360 x270mm)


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