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HERSKOVITS, MELVILLE JEAN: Dahomey, an Ancient West African Kingdom. Two volumes. New York, Augustin, 1938.
Pp. (ii), xxii, 402; xiv (including one blank leaf), 407. With 2 coloured frontispieces, 2 fullpage coloured plates and 98 plates depicting many illustrations mainly taken from photographs. Publisher's linen binding, rubbed with some staining. Binding of volume one shaken. Internally fine. First edition of this interesting study of native life in Dahomey, a culture with deeply rooted patterns of verbalisation of belief and practice. The field research by Melville Jean Herskovits (first president of African Studies Association) and his wife Frances was done from March to August 1931. Deals with economic life, social organisation, life-cycle of the individual, political organisation, religious life and art, etc.
Offered for EUR 550.00 = appr. US$ 787.60 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 35152
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