MAQUET (Jacques J.) Africa. Black Civilizations. - Lot 217

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MAQUET (Jacques J.) Africa. Black Civilizations. - Lot 217
MAQUET (Jacques J.) Africa. Black Civilizations. Paris, Horizons de France, 1962. Large in-4 volume, publisher’s cardboard binding, with a color-illustrated photographic dust jacket, 287 pp. First edition of this important overview by anthropologist Jacques J. Maquet devoted to the civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. The BnF (National Library of France) lists the first edition published by Horizons de France in 1962. Extensively illustrated with 200 photographs, 16 color plates, and 17 maps. The book offers an original approach to Africa through six major civilizational groups, defined in particular by their technical and economic adaptation to their environment. Maquet examines, in turn, hunter-gatherer societies, forest and agricultural civilizations, savanna societies organized around surplus production, pastoral cultures, and finally the transformations associated with urbanization and industrialization. Particular emphasis is placed on African arts, which are regarded as a privileged gateway to each of these civilizations. The illustrations reproduce numerous major works: sculptures, masks, ancestral figures, fertility figures, objects of prestige, and ritual objects. Notably, the photographed copy features a Bakota ancestor figure from the Charles Ratton collection, an interesting documented provenance. The book was a critical success: Maquet’s synthesis and his theory of African arts earned him the award for the best French-language art book devoted to Africa at the World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar in 1966. A good copy internally, clean and well-preserved. The original dust jacket is present but quite worn, with scuffing, creases, small tears, and missing sections at the flaps and along the edges, particularly at the top corners. The binding and book block appear sturdy.
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