By Kees van Hoek
1939

Inscribed by W.J Leyds “With Dr Leyds’s compliments”

Willem Johannes Leyds (1 May 1859 – 14 May 1940) was a Dutch lawyer and statesman who served as state attorney and state secretary of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the Second Boer War, he was the Republic's special envoy and minister plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states.

136mm x 207mm

R2,000