Abraham de Smidt, 1829-1908, artist and Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony - Majorie Bull

1981 first edition hardcover with dust jacket and 163 pages in splendid condition. R65 postage in SA.

De Smidt was a topographical draughtsman of the first order and many of his picturesque landscapes and panoramic views reflect his arduous journeys as a surveyor . . . [Of] paintings known to the author . . . 26 are reproduced in colour and 30 in black and white. There are a further 47 illustrations in black and white.` The laminated pictorial colour dustjacket, the black paper-boards, gilt to spine, the binding, the unmarked plain endpapers, the 164 pp of b/w illustrated text, appendixes and index and the colour illustrations, paginated with the text, are all in fine condition.