Frobenius,Leo. — Die Masken und Geheimbünde Afrikas.

Halle, Ehrhardt Karras, 1898. 278 pp. 14 plts, incl. 2 double-page chromolithographed plates, 2 single-page chromolithograped plates (all chromolithographs with accompanying index sheet), 8 monochrome plates (7 double-page, incl. 4 collotypes) & 1 col. single-page plate with map of Western Africa (incl. inset map). Orig. publisher's gilt lettered h.cloth binding. 4to. - Spine & endpapers (sl.) soiled; corners sl. worn; top of spine dam; letters on front cover partially faded. (Nova acta. Abhandlung der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher, Band. 74, Nr. 1). Scarce work on the masks of Africa by Leo Viktor Frobenius (29 June 1873 - 9 August 1938), a German self-taught ethnologist and archaeologist and a major figure in German ethnography. - - Overall a good and complete copy of the original edition of this very rare work.