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LOT 1259
SOLD €1100,00

Tätowiren, Narbenzeichnungen und Körperbemalen.

Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Ethnologie von Wilhelm Joest. Mit 11 Tafeln in Farbendruck, 1 Lichtdruktafel und 30 Zinkätzungen nach Original-Zeichnungen von O. Finsch, Cl. Joest, J. Kubary und P. Preissler nebst Original-Mittheilungen von O. Finsch und J. Kubary. Berlin, A. Asher & Co., 1887, (2),VIII,128 p., 11 chromolithographic prints and 1 heliograph, 30 in-text illustrations, original half-cloth, folio.

Several leaves at the beginning loose, but a very good copy with barely any rust stains. Fantastic, rare publication, a detailed study of the art of tattooing in Europe, America, Japan, the South Seas, Hawaii, etc. The prints show e.g. a Papua woman, an inhabitant of Banaba, portraits of a woman and various men from New Zealand and almost fully tattooed Japanese people. For the author, see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Joest

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