Vyfhonderd Jaar Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis

Vyfhonderd Jaar Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis (Third Revised Illustrated Edition in Dust Jacket)

A Multi-Author Afrikaans Survey of South African History, Edited by Prof. C.F.J. Muller

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Vyfhonderd Jaar Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis
• Editor: C. F. J. Muller
• Publisher: Academica, Pretoria, Kaapstad, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1980
• ISBN-10: 0868740896
• Edition Details: Derde hersiene uitgawe (Third Revised Edition), Eerste druk (first printing of this edition). Illustrated, with an index.
• Binding: Publisher's red cloth boards with plain spine, in the original maroon and orange illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large octavo, thick illustrated volume, with an index. The jacket flap notes 82 illustrations.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: Red cloth boards, square and solid, with a plain unlettered spine. A slight bump to the top corner of the front board. Text block edges are toned.
• Interior: The front hinges are cracking, with the gauze showing and the paper edges at the gutter frayed. The endpapers show yellowed marks from old tape. Small pencil and ink tick marks in the margin of p. 83, with a minor stain at the foot of that page. The text block edges are toned. The text is otherwise complete and readable.
• Provenance: A light pencilled price note on the title page, top right: 'R 20 10/20'. No names, bookplates or stamps.
• The Dust Jacket: Present and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The maroon and orange illustrated jacket shows rubbing, scuffs and white marks on the back panel, with creasing and small chips at the spine head. The inside flaps carry old yellowed tape marks.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Vyfhonderd Jaar Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis is a general history of South Africa in Afrikaans, issued by Academica in 1980 in its third revised and illustrated edition. It was edited by Prof. C.F.J. Muller and written by a team of contributors rather than a single author.

The narrative opens with the Portuguese voyages of discovery in the fifteenth century and carries the country's story forward to the 1970s, closing with the World Court ruling in the South West Africa case. The jacket presents it as an engaging overview of the making of the country, and the volume is supported by illustrations and an index for reference.

As a pre-1994 survey, it records how a generation of Afrikaans-language historians framed the national story. That makes it of interest to students of South African historiography, and it has been cited in scholarly work on the Afrikaner historical narrative. It is a useful reference for collectors of Afrikaner history and Africana.

Author Profile: C.F.J. Muller (editor)

Prof. C.F.J. Muller (1916-1992) was a South African historian, born in Stellenbosch, who headed the history department at Unisa. He edited this multi-contributor survey of South African history.

His other works include Sonop in die Suide and A Select Bibliography of South African History.

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