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THE DAHOMEY BLOCKADE - SKETCHES AT WHYDAY. London, 1876.3 woodengravings on one leaf. Ca. 24 x 30 cm. From: The Graphic. An illustrated weekly Newspaper. - Depicting a fine large view of the procession of Dahomey chiefs with their slaves and native bands and two smaller views: Atin li-hun, the 'big tree of Whydah and A hotel in Whydah. [Boeknr.: 30980 ]

€ 95,00

FORBES, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans: being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the years 1849 and 1850. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Later boards. With 3 wood-engravings and 10 lithographed plates (2 tinted and 8 coloured; waterstained). XII,244; V,248 pp. First edition. - Frederick Forbes, a naval lieutenant, volunteered to take part in the two diplomatic missions of 1849 and 1850 to the king of Dahomey described in the present work. Also included are comments on the manners and customs of the Dahomans, reflections on the slave trade and the means for its suppression, and notes on the Vahie and Dahoman languages.Gay 2878; not in Abbey, travel. [Boeknr.: 10683 ]

€ 625,00

HERSKOVITS, Melville Jean. Dahomey. An ancient West African kingdom. New York, J.J. Augustin, 1938.2 volumes. Original cloth. With 2 coloured frontispieces, 23 text illustrations and 100 photographic plates. XXI,402; XIV, 407 pp. First edition. - Classic work on Dahomey dealing with its economic life, social organisation, the life-cycle of the individual, political organisation, religious life, and art. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 31674 ]

€ 475,00

HOWE, R.W. Black star rising. A journey through West Africa in transition. (Dahomey, Ghana, Togo). London, Herbert Jenkins, (1958). Cloth. With many photographic plates. 254 pp. [Boeknr.: 27030 ]

€ 30,00

NEWBURY, C.W. The western slave coast and its rulers. European trade and administration among the Yoruba and Adja-speaking peoples of South-Western Nigeria, Southern Dahomey and Togo. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1961. Cloth. With 9 maps. IX,234 pp. - (Ex-library copy). [Boeknr.: 31889 ]

€ 30,00

SCHOLEFIELD, A. The Dark Kingdoms. The impact of white civilization on three great African monarchies. (Congo, Dahomey, Lesotho/Basutoland). London, Heinemann, (1975). Boards, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. X,194 pp. [Boeknr.: 27040 ]