Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum (Rare African Plants)

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First edition 1738
This book contains the first printed illustrations of 100 Cape of Good Hope plants by Johannes Burmann (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780).

Ten parts in one volume. All 100 copperplate engraved plates present. Some bound facing an inconsistent direction, some plates tipped in.
Glue residue in the margins of the first few.
Pages Foxed.

Ex Libris book collector George Weare Braikenridge (1775–1856).

R150,000

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Le Grand Atlas

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1967
Facsimile of the 1663 editions by Jean Blaeu
12 Vols. Set 518 out of 1000 sets.
Vellum style cloth bindings. Elephant folio 34cm x 55cm

R30,000

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A Journey to East Africa via the Cape

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By Nikolaus von Oelreich 1764
128mm x 182mm

R20,000

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Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country in South Africa

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First Edition 1836

By Captain Allen F. Gardiner (1794 - 1851) a British missionary and Royal Navy officer.

412 p.p / 23 plates / Errata slip
Binding repaired.
Scattered foxing.
150mm x 230mm

R10,000

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South African Paint Pot

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By Walter Battiss
Published by Red Fawn Press.
1967.

Original Linocut, signed. No, 435 Limited to 500 copies.
190mm x 254mm

R6,500

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African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi

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By William Charles Baldwin
First Edition 1863

47 woodcut illustrations. Fold out map. 6 lithographic plates all present.
Ex Libris on front end paper.
Water tide mark along both end boards. Water stain on the top and bottom of all prelims.
Ex book seller stamp.
Ex owners name signed on title page. All plates foxed.

R5,000

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Amsterdam Architecture

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1767
Vol 3 only. Incomplete set.

Prolific copperplate engravings representing Amsterdam Architecture. Some fold out.
230mm x 342mm

R3,500

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Malaboch

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Malaboch, or Notes from my diary on the Boer campaign of 1894 against the Chief Malaboch of Blaauwberg, district Soutpansberg, South African Republic, to which is appended a synopsis of the Johannesburg crisis of 1896. By the Rev. Colin Rae, Late Chaplain to the Malaboch forces.

First Edition 1898
Inscribed by the author to a family member.

Rebound in Morocco leather, marbled boards and end papers.
XIX/ 248pp/ 53 Illustrations on 48 plates all present.
Fold out map at back.

155mm x 220mm

R2,750

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The Paintings of the Bay of Natal

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A selection of works dating from 1845 to 1982
By Nigel Hughes
2001

Deluxe Edition limited to 150
This copy is No 104
Bound by Peter Carstens, Johannesburg, in half leather.
Prelims slightly foxed.

280mm x 300mm

R2,500

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Four Stories

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By O.Henry (William Sydney Porter)
With linocuts by Annie Newnham.

The Inky Parrot Press.
1983
No 40 of 125 copies.
Signed by Annie Newnham.

215mm x 317mm

R2,000.

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Join James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps for a Pop-up Shop in the beautifully restored Cape Town Club from 22-29 November 2024.

The Cape Town Club officially reopens on 22 November.
Cape Town Club 18 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, South Africa

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