Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa

(Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1968). Large 4to; original powder blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt publisher's device to upper cover; dustwrapper; tinted top edge; pp. xi + (iii) + 49 + (i) + (113) + (vii), incl. index; plans, monochrome photographs and line drawings. Dustwrapper a little sunned, and somewhat worn, with clipped corner to lower flap, and earlier owner's tape repairs; corners of boards slightly bumped; a little foxing to edges; occasional fox spot elsewhere. A very good example of this celebrated monograph. "This is a new edition of what has become widely accepted as a classic and pioneering study of a subject of established importance. Originally published in 1933, Professor Pearse was the first to consider and describe the Cape architecture of the 18th century as an independent style, and to examine this within its historical perspective. In the cultural development of South Africa, there has been no greater achievement. ... The glory of this large format book is the illustration. There are 36 line drawings in the text; and 111 plates that present 59 photographic studies, and 80 superbly-executed architectural drawings from measured details. In this edition, many of the subjects were newly-photographed by Willem Malherbe and by Hans Fransen (who was responsible for the selection of the new photographs), and the majority of the details were reproduced from the original drawings. The plates are fully described in extensive notes." .