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Collection of Three Watercolours of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Ca. 1908.
by AFRICA
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Two watercolours ca. 18 x 35.5cm (7 x 14 in.) and one ca. 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.). Two watercolours initialled F.L. All three captioned in black ink on verso: From the slopes of the Simon's Berg Jan 1908; Bellevue, Simonstown, the Cape; Bellevue, Our Home, the Cape 1902. All on thick artist paper. The two larger watercolours have tape residue from earlier mounting on some outer margins but overall the watercolours are in very good condition.
Three attractive scenic watercolours ca. 1908 views of Simon's Town near Cape Town, South Africa, "which is home to the South African Navy. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour (first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony "(Wikipedia).
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- Bookseller
- Globus Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MB55
- Title
- Collection of Three Watercolours of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Ca. 1908.
- Author
- AFRICA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Drawings and Watercolors, Africa, CAPE TOWN
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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers' Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success.
Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints.
Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections.
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Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints.
Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections.
We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers.
We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers.
You can browse our collections in person during the shop's opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.
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