ÉTIENNE-NUGUE (Jocelyne) — PECCINOTTI (Harri) - Lot 119

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ÉTIENNE-NUGUE (Jocelyne) — PECCINOTTI (Harri) - Lot 119
ÉTIENNE-NUGUE (Jocelyne) — PECCINOTTI (Harri) Crafts and Lifestyle in Cameroon. Photographs by Harri Peccinotti. Paris, Robert Laffont / Sociétés Mobil in Cameroon, 1982. Substantial square volume, in-4 format (approx. 26 × 26 cm), 156 pp., publisher’s binding in red cloth, with a large yellow star on the front cover. Abundant color and black-and-white photographic illustrations, including numerous full-page and double-page spreads. ISBN 2-221-50332-5. First edition. A major monograph devoted to the traditional crafts and way of life in Cameroon, examining objects, techniques, and their uses within various communities. The book covers, in particular, housing, household objects, the arts of the body and adornment, textiles, music, and ceremonial practices. The book’s appeal also lies in its remarkable photographic documentation by Harri Peccinotti, featuring a highly graphic layout characteristic of the early 1980s: landscapes, portraits, scenes of daily life, artisans at work, objects, and ethnographic details. The book thus serves both as a record of traditional Cameroonian arts and as a beautiful volume of ethnographic photography. The bibliography confirms its publication in 1982 under the Robert Laffont imprint and, according to some catalogs, by the Mobil Societies in Cameroon; the collation given is 155/156 pages. A fine copy in the publisher’s decorated binding, without the dust jacket. The cloth is slightly faded and rubbed, with a few small marks on the star on the front cover; the interior is fresh and well-preserved.
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