A.V. - Madagascar – Lot with 3 items - 1936-1986

MADAGASCAR - The lot contains:

France Métropole et Colonies by A. Demangeon, A. Cholley and Ch. Robequain, second series: Colonies album No. XXIII Madagascar - La Reunion – Librairie de L’Enseignement, Camille Sauty, publisher 1936
Oblong 4to, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, folder in card cover with an explanatory text of 8 pages, a table of plates, and complete with the 30 loose photographic plates produced in rotogravure/heliogravure, the series “France : Métropole et Colonies” aimed to provide a rigorous visual documentation, illustrating the landscapes, the economy and the life styles of the different French regions and of the colonial empire, text: French. Signs of wear at the edges of the folder, ex-library with stamps and a back cover label, interiors in good condition.
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Madagascar – Last Gondwana – texts by Rossi-Osmida, Ligabue, Lindner, Petter and Taquet – Venice, Erizzo 1976
in 4to, 22 x 29.5 cm, cloth binding, illustrated dust jacket, 207 pages, hundreds of color photographs and line drawings, published on the occasion of the international scientific expedition "Gondwana 75" promoted by the Museums of Natural History of Venice and Paris, with the patronage of WWF, text: Italian. Signs of wear to the dust jacket, light foxing to the top edge, interiors in good condition.
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John Mack: Madagascar – Island of the Ancestors – London, British Museum Publications 1986
in 8vo, 18.5 x 24 cm, hardcover with a publisher’s paperback bound to the boards, 96 pages, dozens of color and black-and-white illustrations, the work examines the Austronesian linguistic roots and African and Arabic influences in Madagascar, in areas such as music, weaving and astrology. It presents the traditions and social customs of the 18 officially recognized ethnic groups on the island.
Drawing heavily on the collections held at the British Museum, the text highlights the central role of ancestor worship in the art, rituals and daily life of the Malagasy. Text: English. Conditions: ex-library with stamps and labels on endpapers and on the frontispiece, cover intact, binding very solid, internal pages in good condition.

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