The Historical Monuments of South Africa (J J Oberholster)

J J Oberholster, The Historical Monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the Request of the National Monuments Council, 1972.

Large quarto, hard cover, dustwrapper, 354 pages, illustrations, colour plates. Short, closed tear to dustwrapper. In very good, clean condition.

'... presents a comprehensive and richly illustrated picture of the more than 370 historical monuments throughout the Republic - Table Mountain itself to the bronze plaque at Punda Milia, which commemorates one of the longest horse-back rides ever undertaken in South Africa. It covers the recent Tulbagh restoration work in Onderstraat, as well as President Kruger's house on the farm, Boekenhoutfontein, in the foothills of the Magaliesberg. It encompasses the Fingo Milkwood Tree at Peddie and the graves of the Zulu Kings in the Emakhosini Valley. ...'