BOKAAP - FACES AND FACADES
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Subtitle: A record of the passing scene in Cape Town's Malay Quarter with a brief account of its architecture and the Muslim inhabitants.
1977. Hard cover with dust cover; 141 pages. Very good condition. The dust cover has some wear. Parcel over 1kg.
Bokaap ... Faces and Facades by Lesley and Stephen Townsend explores, through photographs and archival material, the architecture, history and peoples of this area. The history and story of Cape Town's Malay Quarter, Bokaap, which has the largest concentration of pre-1840 architecture in S Africa, and the project to restore and conserve it. Lesley Townsend's b/w photographs vividly evoke this fascinating area and its range of historic buildings. Other illustrations are drawings and archive maps and photographs.