Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 26 September - 3 October 2022

Sculpture, Ceramics, Books and Portfolios
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000

About this Item

Thomas Baines
The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot

Published by Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1969, facsimile reprint of the 1865 edition with additional new publisher's introduction, illustrated title page, sepia portrait plate of the author and 10 colour plates, blue simulated leather binding with gilt titling on the upper board and blind stamped decorative detailing, in the original cardboard box with illustrated lid.

Accompanied by a portfolio of four prints produced by the 1820 foundation of Thomas Baines paintings of villages of the Eastern Cape in the 19th century.

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