HANS FRANSEN. Architectural Beauty of the old Cape as seen by Arthur Elliott. (W)

Hard cover with jacket. Published in 1969 by A.A. Balkema/Cape Town.
Book in good clean condition. Grey linen boards with gilt lettering. Jacket chaffed at corners and spine ends. Tear near spine bottom. Shelf rubbed and soiled. Now covered in removable plastic film.
Photographs of houses and farmsteads, now largely demolished or ruined, taken at the beginning of the 20th century. The photographs illustrate the historic beauty of the Cape as it still existed in the early years of the previous century.
Of the nearly 10 000 negatives in the Elliott collection, less than 2000 are of architectural subjects. Of these, 160 have been selected Standard Edition.
The photographer, Arthur Elliott. (1870-1938)
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