Auction 124
The auction features several illustrated books, including Lodewyk Alberti’s "De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika" (1810) – the first ethnographic monograph on southern Africa, complete with four exquisite hand-coloured plates. Also included are Thomas Baines’ "The Victoria Falls Zambesi River" (1865) and Thomas Bowler’s "Pictorial Album of Cape Town", both containing double-tinted lithographic plates depicting the falls and early colonial Cape scenes.
The auction also offers significant travel narratives, such as William Ten Rhyne’s "Schediasma de Promontorio Bonae Spei" (1686) – one of the earliest descriptions of the Cape and its people. Abraham Bógaert’s "Historische Reizen door d'Oostersche Deelen van Asia" provides a detailed account of 18th-century Asia, while Captain Daniel Beeckman’s "A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo" recounts a pepper-trading expedition to the East Indies.
A notable inclusion is a rare, self-published work by Dr. J.N. Haldeman, Elon Musk’s grandfather. His 1960 Cold War-era book, "The International Conspiracy to Establish a World Dictatorship and the Menace to South Africa", appears alongside "Lost City of the Kalahari". Co-authored with Fay Goldie, the latter documents modern expeditions into the Kalahari Desert in search of Farini’s lost city, with Haldeman providing the first account.
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