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Imperial fell” and the “Graves of Coghill and Melville”. Two
particularly outstanding photographs portray an as yet
unreconstructed Rorke’s Drift, showing the clear signs of the
struggle which had taken place there in the previous year.’
KOLBE, Peter
Naaukeurige beschryving van De Kaap De Goede
Hoop.- 1727.
‘Part 1. The title page is printed in red and black. xii + 529 pp,
including 4 pp list of subscribers + 7 inserted folding maps and
plans + 19 inserted engravings + 2 pp contents list for Part 2.
Illustrated are animals, birds, fish and other sea animals and
flowers. The rhinoceros is shown both as mythically imagined
and as described by the author. A 22 pp section lists aloes and
other plants, while another 14 pp section is an alphabetical
listing of flowers and herbs. Part 2. viii + 488 pp + 81 pp
unpaginated index to both parts + 23 inserted engravings,
mainly of Hottentots and their customs and activities. The
work was compiled during Kolbe’s eight-year stay in the Cape
(1705-1713), but completed only after his return to Europe,
when he held teaching and other positions. He also prepared
his completed originals for the engravings during this period.’
Photographs of South Africa: comprising
representative views … collected from Cape Colony,
Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Basutoland,
Zululand, Swaziland, Delagoa Bay, etc.- 1894.
‘The photographs of South Africa’s cities, streets, churches,
parliament houses, public buildings, statues, memorials,
houses, huts, lighthouses, harbours; Its diamond mines, gold
mines, railways, ships, farms, plantations; Its scenery, rivers,
mountains, karoo, tropical vegetation, waterfalls, social life,
scenes on the “veld”. Besides a large number of Instantaneous
Photographs showing the everyday life of the people in the
various States. Collected from: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange
Free State. Transvaal, Basutoland, Zululand, Swaziland,
Delagoa Bay, et cetera. The largest and most perfect collection
of photographs of South Africa ever published. Each picture
carefully and accurately described. 200 pages text with
photograph opposite.’
Note: All reviews taken from SLIMS
Other interesting titles in the Africana collection
Cape of Good Hope, 1886
Theal, George M. Records of the Cape Colony from February
1793 to April 1831.- Govt. of the Cape Colony, 1897-1905.
Burton, Alfred Richard Edward. Cape Colony today.
- Townshend, Taylor & Snashall, 1907.
Theal, George McCall. Belangrijke historische dokumenten
over Zuid Afrika, Vol. 3.- Gouvernement van de Unie van
Zuid-Afrika, 1911.
Mossop, Ernest E. Old Cape highways.- Maskew Miller, 1927.
Chilvers, Hedley Arthur. The seven wonders of South Africa.
- Govt. Printer, 1929.
Central Reference statistics
Book stock 60 975
Audiovisual stock
(DVDs, videos and 16mm films)
12 881
Art print stock 4 725
Music stock 7 412
Total 85 993
Neville Adonis is the assistant director of Information Services
at the Western Cape Library Service
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