Oblong folio, (11.5 x 15 inches) 44pp. Twelve hand-coloured lithographed plates, after author by M. & N. Hanrat including one folding view as frontispiece, original full green pebble cloth, gilt-lettered direct, ruled in blind. Chocolate coloured endpapers. Joints slightly rubbed, corners bumped. Mendelssohn writes that the descriptive letterpress is ample and instructive and gives a complete history of each building depicted in the majority of instances. Coloured plates in order: 1. View of Cape Town from Table Bay. 2. The Government House. 3. St. George's Cathedral, from Wale Street. 4. The Public Library and Museum, from the Botanic Garden. 5. Adderley Street and the Dutch Reformed Church. 6. The Entrance to the Castle. 7. The Roman Catholic Church. 8. The Lutheran Church, Strand-Street. 9. The Presbyterian Church, St. Andrew's Square. 10. Simon's Town. 11. Port Elizabeth. 12. Graham's Town, from the Bay-Road.