Abraham de Smidt 1829 - 1908: Artist and Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony
by Bull, Marjorie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620049170
- ISBN 13
- 9780620049177
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: the author, 1981) 0620049170. Small 4to; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 164, incl. index; colour plates after De Smidt's paintings; numerous monochrome illustrations in text. Dustwrapper's spine panel sunned; earlier owners' bookplate (Faith and Walter Middelmann) to front pastedown. Near fine condition. "De Smidt was a topographical draughtsman of the first order and many of his picturesque South African landscapes and panoramic views reflect his arduous journeys as a surveyor. His works are imbued with romantic sentiments largely as a result of an early visit to Europe and the appeal of the sublime grandeur of Switzerland, and he was a keen painter of scenes in England, Scotland and Wales. In this book there is a catalogue of paintings known to the author, of which 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7325
- Title
- Abraham de Smidt 1829 - 1908: Artist and Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony
- Author
- Bull, Marjorie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0620049170
- ISBN 13
- 9780620049177
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: the author, 1981) 0620049170
- Keywords
- Landscape painting. Cape of Good Hope. School of Thomas Bowler. Cape Town Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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