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Pictorial Africana. A survey of old South African paintings, drawings and prints to the end of the nineteenth century with a biographical dictionary of one thousand artists
by Gordon-Brown, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0869610708
- ISBN 13
- 9780869610701
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1974) 0869610708. 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt publisher's monogram to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. x + 254; numerous illustrations, full-page and in text, incl. colour and folding. Merest trace of edgewear to dustwrapper; earlier owner's tiny label to front free endpaper; very occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Paintings and drawings from earliest times up to the year 1900 are discussed and considerable attention has been given to the neglected subject of prints of South African interest. The main body of this work is a biographical dictionary, with over 1000 entries. Here will be found notes on all the known artists and engravers who contributed to South Africa's pictorial history. ... Collectors and Africana specialists will find this work an indispensible reference and working tool. Other readers, with a more general interest in the social and cultural background, will find that historical fact has been amplified by pictorial Africana." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10793
- Title
- Pictorial Africana. A survey of old South African paintings, drawings and prints to the end of the nineteenth century with a biographical dictionary of one thousand artists
- Author
- Gordon-Brown, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0869610708
- ISBN 13
- 9780869610701
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1974) 0869610708
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Visual art. Cape of Good Hope. South Africa. Paintings. Drawings. Africana. Collecting. Collectors. Travel. Exploration Antiques and Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collecting;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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