Meetsnoere in Lieflike Plekke by A. P. Smit

Meetsnoere in Lieflike Plekke (Durbanville Congregation History, 1976 Eerste Uitgawe)

A Commemorative History of the Durbanville Dutch Reformed Congregation, Published for Its 150th Anniversary

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Meetsnoere in Lieflike Plekke: Ned. Geref. Gemeente, Durbanville 1826 – 1976
• Author: A. P. Smit
• Publisher: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Durbanville, K.P.
• Publication Date: 1976
• Edition Details: Eerste uitgawe (First Edition), 1976. Issued by the church council to mark the congregation's 150th anniversary.
• Binding: Publisher's dark blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine, with the gilt-stamped church seal and gilt title to the front board.
• Physical Format: Large octavo hardcover, taller than a standard hardback, with facsimile reproductions of handwritten documents.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title and church seal to the front and gilt lettering to the spine. The front board shows several patches of pale, speckled rubbing or loss of colour in vertical lines beside the seal and near the title. The back board has a few small pale specks and one small scuff. The spine is straight and clean, and the corners and edges appear sound.
• Interior: The pages are clean and the text block appears intact. There is light brown toning and foxing to the endpaper, with a toned margin to the front pastedown or endpaper. The book includes reproduced handwritten documents. A pencil inscription and an ownership label are present, along with several ink signatures on an endpaper.
• Provenance: Pencil inscription to the endpaper: "J. S. KRIEL JULIE 1988 HOSPICE BAZAAR TABLE VIEW". A small printed Ex Libris John Kriel label with a Table Mountain image is attached. Five ink signatures appear on an endpaper, not fully legible and apparently not the author's.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Present

Synopsis & Historical Value

Meetsnoere in Lieflike Plekke (roughly, 'Measuring Lines in Pleasant Places') is the history of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeente of Durbanville, tracing the congregation from 1826 to 1976. It was issued by the church council to mark the congregation's 150th anniversary.

The volume reproduces facsimiles of handwritten documents, giving the reader a direct look at the congregation's early records. It serves as a local record of church life in the Durbanville district of the Cape.

For collectors of Afrikaner church and congregational history, Western Cape local history and Afrikaans commemorative publications, this copy carries a personal ownership trail, including a 1988 inscription connected with a Table View hospice bazaar.

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