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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Breuil (Abbé Henri)

ANIBIB & OMANDUMBA AND OTHER ERONGO SITES (De luxe edition signed by the author)

With the collaboration of Mary E. Boyle, Dr. E.R. Scgherz and R.G. Strey

Published: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation through Trianon Press, Paris, 1960

Edition: De luxe edition

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De luxe edition: Frontispiece, 39 pages of letterpress, 79 colour plates and 71 figures on 45 leaves – 5 folding, book plates on the front paste down end paper, quarter brown leather with oatmeal textured cloth boards, which are slightly worn along the bottom edges of the cloth, titled gilt on the spine, fore edge and bottom edges uncut, a very good copy.

The rock paintings of Southern Africa: volume 4

The first edition of ANIBIB & OMANDUMBA consists of 946 copies. 800 numbered copies.

90 copies numbered 1 to 90, printed on Arches pure rag mould made paper and signed by the Abbé Breuil. This is no 14

The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus, and produced by the Trianon Press, Château de Boissea, Clairvaux, Jura, France, for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Folio (380 x 300mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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