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The Old Buildings of the Cape: A survey and description of old buildings in the Western Province, Extending from Cape Town to Calvinia in the north and to Graaff-Reinet, Colesberg and Uitenhage in the east: Covering substantially the 18th and 19th century styles: Cape Dutch, Cape Regency, Georgian and Victorian by Hans Fransen and Mary Alexander Cook is essentially the revised second edition of the authors' first book entitled The Old Houses of the Cape published in 1965. It is the definitive survey on the extant buildings in the area. Illustrated with 400 photos, 154 site and house plans, 32 house plans and 10 area maps. The introductory chapter on the Cape Gable now has 112 diagrams of gables.