Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner

Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner (Deel I in Original Dust Jacket, 1945)

The Pioneering Multi-Author Cultural History of the Afrikaner, Volume One, Edited by Van den Heever and Pienaar

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner: Die eerste beskrywing van die Boere-volkslewe in al sy vertakkinge
• Editor: Prof. Dr. C. M. van den Heever ; Prof. Dr. P. de V. Pienaar
• Publisher: Nasionale Pers, Beperk, Kaapstad, Bloemfontein en Port Elizabeth
• Publication Date: 1945
• ISBN: None Issued (Pre-ISBN Era)
• Edition Details: Deel I (Volume One) of the three-part work, published 1945. Edited by Prof. Dr. C. M. van den Heever and Prof. Dr. P. de V. Pienaar, with contributions from 37 Afrikaans authorities.
• Binding: Publisher's green cloth boards, title and publisher's device stamped in black on the front board, gilt lettering to the spine. Issued in a printed buff dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, heavy octavo, approximately 24 x 16 cm. Illustrated with plates and reproductions, including an engraving at page 271.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: The green cloth boards beneath the jacket are clean, with crisp black stamping to the front board and bright gilt lettering to the spine.
• Interior: Scattered small brown foxing specks to the endpapers and a faint crease to one corner. The page edges are slightly toned. Text pages with plates, such as that at page 271, are clean.
• The Dust Jacket: Present, in worn condition. The buff jacket shows chipping and small tears along the head of the spine and the top edges, rubbing and scuffs to the spine, and light spotting and marks to the back panel. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Kultuurgeskiedenis van die Afrikaner (Cultural History of the Afrikaner), published by Nasionale Pers in 1945, is Deel I of a three-volume work. Its subtitle, Die eerste beskrywing van die Boere-volkslewe in al sy vertakkinge, announces its aim: the first account of the life of the Boer people in all its branches.

The work was edited by the professors C. M. van den Heever and P. de V. Pienaar, with the cooperation of 37 Afrikaans authorities. It surveys the customs, daily life and cultural heritage of the Afrikaner. The literary historian J. C. Kannemeyer described it as the only extensive and comprehensive cultural history of the Afrikaner.

The three volumes appeared in 1945, 1947 and 1950, and a single-volume edition followed in 1968. This is the 1945 first volume, a substantial reference for collectors of Afrikaner heritage and Africana, and a useful companion to any library of Afrikaans cultural history.

Author Profile: C. M. van den Heever

Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (1902-1957) was an Afrikaans novelist, poet, essayist and biographer. He is noted for his novels Somer and Laat vrugte, the latter winning the Hertzog Prize for prose in 1942. He was also the first professor of Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of the Witwatersrand.

His co-editor, Pierre de Villiers Pienaar, was born in 1904.

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