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Presentation inscription, with date, to title page from Simon Barlow, owner of Rustenberg and the one behind the publication of the book. 296 x 244 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 64; full-colour illustrations. Fine condition. Rustenberg, in the possession of the Barlow family for more than sixty years, has long been an important centre of viticulture. "Rustenberg has a wine-growing history dating back to 1682, when settler Roelof Pasman, from the wine region of Meurs, near the Rhine in Germany, recognised the potential of the rich, red granite soils of the Somonsberg. Granted 60 morgen by Cape Governor Simon van der Stel, he planted vines. . ".…