Lebeuf, Jean-Paul ; A Masson Detourbet; Raymond Lantier — La Civilisation Du Tchad

Paris, France, Payot, 1950. Softcover. Tan wraps with black text, duochrome illustration. 198 pp. Some bw illustrations. Text in French. "This volume strives to summarize most of the knowledge that interests the past of the plain of Chad. It does not claim to conclude and must be considered as a development, to date, of the studies in progress. Taking large account of all the publications dealing with the former Chadian populations and, in the first place, the enigmatic Sao, it brings together the results of the systematic work carried out between July 1936 and July 1948 during three scientific expeditions, the Sahara-Cameroon Missions, Niger-Lake Iro, and Logone-Iac Fitri. From now on a new expedition is planned. During the first campaign, a general investigation was undertaken by Professor Griaule, partially, and by J.P. Lebeuf; the archaeological excavations, which affected forty-four deposits surveyed or partially exploited, were accompanied by investigations belonging to both extensive and intensive ethnology and history." - translated from introduction. Good (all pages and covers tanned, penning on endpages, some small tears in cover, otherwise material is in good condition) .