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Mexico pintoresco. Artistico y monumental *) Tomo tercero

RIVERA CAMBAS, MANUEL (arreglada y escrita por) · 1967 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Editora Nacional 633, 6 pp. Indice *) Vistas, description, anecdotas y episodias de los lugares mas notables de la capital y de los estados, aun de las poblaciones cortas, pero de importancia geografica o historica. Les descripciones contienen datos cientificos, historicos y es…

Servants of the saints. The social and cultural identity of a Tarascan community in Mexico

ZANTWIJK, DR. R.A.M. VAN · 1967 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Van Gorcum & Comp. N.V - Dr H.J. Prakke & H.M.G. Prakke 303 pp. With index. B/w photographs. "This book is the outcome of a cultural anthropological study carried out by the author in co-operation with some of his students in the Tarascan area in Michoacan, Mexico, during the pe…

An American in the mountains of Iran

AKHBARI, MASOUD BLAINE W. TAYLOR · 2013 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

Taylor Family Enterprises 230 pp.Coloured and some b/w illustrations. Signed and dedication by Masoud Akhbari on the first free entry paper. The story of two people from different cultures and religious who became brothers in a relationship which has lasted over four decades. …

The Idler in Italy

BLESSINGTON, COUNTESS OF · 1839 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

A. and W. Galignani amd C., XIII, 408 pp. Vellum bound. The label on the spine has disappaered. Some scribbling with ball point pen on the title page ( voor Lord Byron et Lady Blessington. p. 209. Variétés littéraires de Jules Janin), Faint foxing on all the pages. Faint moist…

Allgemeine Länderkunde, kleine Ausgabe

SIEVERS, PROFESSOR DR. WILHELM · 1907 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Bibliographisches Institut Band 1 und 2. 495 + 450 S. Band 1 mit 19 Textkarten, 16 Profilen im Text, 12 Kartenbeilagen und 15 Tafeln in Holzschnitt, Ätzung und Farbendruck; Band 2 mit 11 Textkarten, 16 Profilen im Text, 21 Kartenbeilagen, 1 Tabelle und 15 Tafeln in Holzschnitt, …

HOUTSNIJDERS & KOPPENSNELLERS, VERDWIJNENDE DAYAK-CULTUREN OP BORNEO. UIT DE COLLECTIE FRANÇOIS COPPENS. WOODCARVERS & HEADHUNTERS, VANISHING DAYAK CULTURES FROM BORNEO. FROM THE FRANÇOIS COPPENS COLLECTION.

Alpert, Steven G.; Volder, Lily de.; Avé, Marek.; Gronert, Walter. · 1999 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

88 pp.; 78 b/w and colour illus. throughout of hampatongs, (decorated) sculls, mandau's, textiles, masks, etc., map, biblio.. Slightly extended version (with English text) of 'Dodenrituelen en koppensnellerij. De cultuur van de Dayak op Borneo' (Sint-Niklaas, 1999). Exh. catalog…

Nieuwe kaart van het Oostelykste Deel der Weereld

TIRION, IS., · 1753 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€230.00 ($253.51 | £191.85 | ¥40,487)

Map of the eastern hemisphere, from Europe and Iceland to Siberia and Indonesia, with the then discovered coast of Australia. Engraving on hand laid paper, sheet size 403 x 348 mm., platemark 370 x 324 mm. Engraving published by Is. Tirion in Amsterdam, 1753. This map originate…

BODY ORNAMENTS OF MALAITA, SOLOMON ISLANDS.

Burt, Ben.; Akin, David.; Kwa'ioloa, Michael. · 2009 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

168 pp.; 238 illus., mostly in colour, 39 plates in the text, bibliography. Series: Artistic Traditions in World Cultures. London, 2009. Pbk. This publication offers an account of Malaitan decorative and body arts. The book reviews the significance of body ornaments in Kwara'ae …

Into the Heart of Borneo / An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban with James Fenton

Redmond O'Hanlon · 1994 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Picador. 1994; Hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy. Armed with equipment and advice from the SAS and accompanied by Sea Dyak trackers, the author, a naturalist, and James Fenton, a poet, set out on a long river voyage into the far interior of a tropical jungle h…

Virginia: the old dominion

HUTCHINS, FRANK AND CORTELLE · 1921 · Antiquariaat Parnassos

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

The Page Company 299 pp. With index. With a map, and fifty-four plates, of which six are in full color, from photographs by the authors. Virginia, the old dominion as seen from its colonial waterways, the historic River James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete …

PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS. ART & DIVINITY IN POLYNESIA 1760-1860.

Hooper, Steven. · 2006 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

287 pp.; 340 illus., index, bibliography. Exh. catalogue Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich. London, 2006. Pbk. This publication brings together many Polynesian objects gathered during the early period of contact with European voyagers, missionaries and settlers. This boo…

PRACHT UND GEHEIMNIS. KLEIDUNG UND SCHMUCK AUS PALÄSTINA UND JORDANIEN. Katalog der Sammlung Widad Kawar zu einer Ausstellung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums der Stadt Köln in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology der Yarmuk Universität in Irbid.

Völger, Gisela.; Welck, Karin von.; Hackstein, Katharina. · 1991 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

432 pp.; 526 b/w illus., 150 in colour, text illus. throughout, maps, glossary, bibliography. Text: German. Exh. cat. Cologne & Berlin, 1991. (1987). Second edition. Hbk.

BATIKEN VON FÜRSTENHÖFEN UND SULTANSPALÄSTEN AUS JAVA UND SUMATRA. SAMMLUNG RUDOLF G. SMEND. JAVANESE AND SUMATRAN BATIKS FROM COURTS AND PALACES. RUDOLF G. SMEND COLLECTION.

Smend, Rudolf G. (Ed.). · 2000 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

110 pp.; 71 colour illus. of Batiks, maps, glossary, bibliography. Text: German & English. 4 essays by Donald J. Harper, Brigitte Khan Majlis, Harmen C. Veldhuisen & Peter Wenger. Exh. catalogue Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum für Völkerkunde, Cologne, 2000. Pbk.

HET EEUWIGE GEZICHT. AFRIKAANSE MASKERS EN DE WESTERSE SAMENLEVING/ THE ETERNAL FACE. AFRICAN MASKS AND WESTERN SOCIETY.

Weinhold, Ulrike. · 2000 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

234 pp.; 188 colour illus. of African masks, index, bibliography. Text in Dutch & English. Berg en Dal, 2000. Pbk. This publication presents (parts of) the collections of the Africa Museum (Berg en Dal), Gallery Simonis (Düsseldorf), Barbier-Müller Collection (Genève) and the pr…

IN EEN JAPANSE STROOMVERSNELLING. BERICHTEN VAN NEDERLANDSE WATERMANNEN, RIJSWERKERS, INGENIEURS, WERKBAZEN - 1872-1903.

Gasteren, L.A. van; Moeshart, H.J.; Toussaint, H.C.; Wilde, P.A. de. (eds.). · 2000 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,682)

555 pp.; c.300 b/w and colour illus., diagrams, and maps, etc.. index, biblio.. Text: Dutch. Amsterdam/Zutphen, 2000. Pbk. 15 essays on Dutch water management experts in Japan from 1872-1903 such as Johannis de Rijke, Georg Arnold Escher, Cornelis Johannes van Doorn, Isaac Anne …

ART ROYAL DU BÉNIN/ROYAL ART OF BENIN.

Barbier, Jean Paul. (Foreword). · 1992 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

51 pp.; 39 illus., 2 maps, biblio.. 3 articles published in a special issue of Art Tribal (Musée Barbier-Müller) on Benin art by Richard W. Hull: 'Benin art as power'; Boniface I. Obichere: 'Benin city and the Royal patronage of the Arts'; and William Fagg: 'Benin: the sack that…

Djenne, il y a cent ans.

Gardi, B.; Maas, P.; Mommersteeg, G. · 1893 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,929)

160 pp.; illus. with 120 b/w pictures, many taken by the medical officer Albert Rousseau after the French conquest of Djenné in 1893. Includes c.50 postcards from 1910 A.D., produced by photographers such as E. Fortier, H. Danel and M. Simon. This publication provides background…

SONGKET. MALAYSIA'S WOVEN TREASURE.

Selvanayagam, Grace Inpam. · 1991 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

224 pp.; 155 b/w illus. and 130 in colour, index, biblio.. In this study of Songket, the author begins with a historical survey of songket weaving and then introduces the reader to the uses of the cloth, the techniques of production, the traditional design structure, and the com…

HANDWOVEN TEXTILES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA.

Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. · 1989 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

230 pp.; 260 b/w ill., 46 colour photographs, 3 maps, index, biblio.. Singapore, 1989. Pbk. This book begins with a historical overview and then introduces the reader to weaving, describing the materials, equipment, and techniques used and what the finished cloth is used for. Th…

THE UKIYOYE PRIMITIVES.

Yone Noguchi. · 1933 · Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre Volken

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

122 pp. English text. 5 preliminary leaves, ix-xiii leaves, 1 leaf, 3-122 leaves, 1 leaf, 93 leaves of plates (some colour) : illustrations (some colour). Printed on one side of double leaves folded once in Japanese style Errata: Slip inserted after p. 122. Tokyo: Privately publ…