KÜRSCHNER, Joseph. Die Buren und der Südafrikanische Krieg. - Lot 68

KÜRSCHNER, Joseph. Die Buren und der Südafrikanische Krieg. Published in Charlottenburg by Deutscher kunstverlag von alfred b. mundt in 1902. In quarto / In-4 format. Taupe cloth. Smooth spine adorned with gilt title throughout, large gold-embellished composition on front cover. 419 pages, numerous black illustrations in text, several off-text color reproductions in serpents (including one in the frontispiece), several maps including one in color on a fold-out plate at the end of the book. Text in German, in Gothic script, spread over two columns. Covers rubbed, boards slightly soiled, corners dulled, paper slightly browned. An important monograph on the Second Boer War, giving a picture of South Africa, the character and life of the Boers, the history of their republics and their struggles with England until the conclusion of peace. Handwritten bookplate on the front flyleaf and on the title page. Clean and fresh inside. A good copy.