OZINGA, M.D.,
De Monumenten van Curaçao in woord en beeld. [Eerste druk/first edn.].
's-Gravenhage, Stichting Monumentenzorg Curaçao, 1959. Small stout 4°., orig. calfbacked cloth, title in gilt on front boards and spine. (xix), 278pp. 290 captioned monochrome illustrations on plates at rear end, including facsim. sketch-maps and plans of old monuments, 86 monochrome figures in text and full-page: architecural drawings, plans and designs, 5 fold. maps and plans, of which iin colour and after old engravings, list of plates & ills, register of personal names and places, english summaries to descriptions of buildings, extensive footnotes, appendices, table of contents. Dutch language detailed architectural survey of old dutch colonial monumental buildings and houses still present on Curaçao, former dutch Territory of the Antilles, West Indies, which includes detailed information on restoration and preservation of colonial heritage. A still unsurpassed monograph. Very good copy, WITH DUSTJACKET. (some minimal wear to edges of dustjacket)
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Keywords: architecture history culture heritage legacy curaçao carribean westindies antilles monuments preservation restoration colonialism design conservation restauratie