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1901100107AG1901. Laeken / Brussels Château de Laeken Palace of Laeken 1901 - 1906. 16 pages of MLS Manuscript Letters signed on 10 leaves of Leopold's official stationery "Château de Laeken" and "Palais de Bruxelles". The leaves with different sizes 135 cm x 9 cm and 18 cm x 115 cm. Excellent condition. Unsigned. Tremendously rare to find original letters by Leopold II on the open market in which the Colonial Free State and the protection against inquisitive visitors is discussed in such clear and instructive fashion. Leopold's correspondence with Adolphe de Cuvelier shows how he is very much trying to still protect and influence the narrative of his Colonial Slavery Outpost even in the final years of his life. Adolphe de Cuvelier 1860-1931 Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Congo Free State President of the Syndicate for Studies and Enterprises in Congo. He was given the title of knight in 1893 and baron in 1908 each transferable at first birth. Wikipedia _______________________________ Leopold II French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; 9 April 1835 17 December 1909 was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and through his own efforts the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I and Louise of Orléans he succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for exactly 44 years until his deaththe longest reign of any Belgian monarch. He died without surviving legitimate sons. The current Belgian king descends from his nephew and successor Albert I. Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State a private project undertaken on his own behalf as a personal union with Belgium. He used Henry Morton Stanley to help him lay claim to the Congo the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the Berlin Conference of 18841885 the colonial nations of Europe authorized his claim and committed the Congo Free State to him. Leopold ran the Congo using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal gain. He extracted a fortune from the territory initially by the collection of ivory and after a rise in the price of natural rubber in the 1890s by forced labour from the native population to harvest and process rubber. Leopold's administration of the Congo Free State was characterised by atrocities and systematic brutality including torture murder and the amputation of the hands of men women and children when the quota of rubber was not met. In 1890 George Washington Williams used the term "crimes against humanity" to describe the practices of Leopold II of Belgium's administration of the Congo Free State. Colonial accounts typically emphasized Leopold's modernizing changes in the Congo and not the mass death he facilitated. These and other facts were established at the time by eyewitness testimony on-site inspection by an international commission of inquiry and the 1904 Casement Report. Modern estimates range from 1 million to 15 million Congolese deaths with a consensus growing around 10 million. Some historians argue against these figures citing the lack of reliable censuses the enormous mortality caused by smallpox and African trypanosomiasis and the fact that there were only 175 administrative agents in charge of rubber exploitation. In 1908 the reports of deaths and abuse and pressure from the Congo Reform Association and other international groups induced the Belgian government to take over the administration of the Congo from Leopold as a new territory Belgian Congo. Wikipedia unknown
1968100144New York The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. 1968 6 17.8 x 27.9 cm. New York, The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. Six portefeuilles 178 x 279 mm, présentés dans leurs emballages postaux d’origine, contenant chacun un sommaire, pour un total de 73 multiples originaux.
1375466Paris: 2004 Portofolio in folio (43 x 31 cm) de douze PHOTOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES éditées à VINGT EXEMPLAIRES signés et numérotés, estampillées au sceau de l'atelier, plus deux exemplaires "épreuves d'artistes", réalisé à l'occasion de l'exposition du même nom présenté au Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale de Tervuren (Belgique) en avril 2004. Exemplaire n° 11/20.
1960014528Paris Galerie Iris Clert 1960 In-8 à l'italienne Broché
1372814s. l.: Sur les Presses de l'Auteur, 1932 1 vol. in-4 (22 x 32 cm) en feuilles, [5] ff., 10 eaux-fortes. Couverture rempliée. 10 eaux-fortes à pleine page et 2 vignettes de H. Kerels. Tirage limité à 32 exemplaires, celui-ci n° 24. Quelques piqûres sur les premiers feuillets. (Benezit VII, 761)
18010032601801 Paris, Dentu, An IX - 1801. Deux volumes in-8 (197 X 130 mm) demi-veau fauve à petits coins, dos lisse orné de filets gras et perlés, larges fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison veau vert lierre, la tomaison est frappée au centre d'un blason doré et orné (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : faux-titre, titre, 32 pages, XXVIII pages, 226 pages, 1 carte et 7 planches dépliantes ; Tome II : faux-titre, titre, 320 pages, 1 plan, 1 carte et 1 planche dépliante. Tache brune en marge de quelques feuillets du premier tome et en marge de deux gravures, sans gravité.
1801PHO-1139Paris, Dentu, 1801. 2 vol. in-8, (2) ff., 226 pp. ; (2) ff., 320 pp., 2 cartes, un plan et 8 pl. dépl., mouillures claires, relié demi-veau à coins de l'époque , dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre , mouillure au 1er tome sur les 10 premiers feuillets , déchirures aux plis de 2 gravures.
1832PHO-2260Paris, Jules Renouard, 1832. 3 vol. in-8° (21,5x14cm) de xxxj, 1 bl., 328 pp. ; 380 pp. ; 272 pp. et son Atlas in-folio (37x29cm) de titre, [1] p., 1 grande carte dépliante et 21 planches lithographiées (la n° 6 en double). Demi-chagrin miel à coins, dos à 5 faux-nerfs orné, p. de t. en maroquin fauve, tomaison dorée en pied, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservé (Reliure moderne). Des rousseurs, quelques pl. de l'Atlas légèrement brunies, coiffe sup. de l’atlas légèrement frottée. Étiquette de librairie, le frontispice figurant la médaille reçue par l’auteur est en déficit. Bel ensemble.
1369154Bruxelles, Anvers-Amsterdam: Editions Erasme, Standaard-Boekhandel, 1959 in-8, 161 pp., frontispice, 39 figs. dans le texte, 44 planches avec 232 illustrations, 3 cartes. Reliure toile décorée d'éd., bel exemplaire. ** 8vo. 161 pp., frontispiece, 39 figs. in the texte, 44 plates (232 ills.), 3 maps. Original décorated cloth, fine copy.
19290000491929 Paris, Librairie Gallimard, sans date [1929]. Fort in-quarto demi-chagrin poli havane, dos cinq nerfs sertis de filets à froid, auteur et titre dorés, date en queue, plats et dos de la couverture conservés (reliure moderne) ; 307 pages, 63/64 planches hors-texte et 4 cartes hors-texte.
19294216DBParis, Gallimard, 1929. Gross-4°. 4 Blatt, 304 Seiten, 5 Blatt, 64 ganzseitige Heligravüren von Marc Allégret, 4 geographische Karten. Mit Kopfgoldschnitt. Halblederband mit marmorierten Deckeln. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B|C
19294216DBParis, Gallimard, 1929. Gross-4°. 4 Blatt, 304 Seiten, 5 Blatt, 64 ganzseitige Heligravüren von Marc Allégret, 4 geographische Karten. Mit Kopfgoldschnitt. Halblederband mit marmorierten Deckeln.
192875946Bolenge Congo: Disciple's of Christ Cono Mission 1928. Seventh edition. Octavo. 118 pp. All in Bogangi. Original flexible red cloth. Very good.Mainly comprised of Christian hymns in Bobangi. It must have been quite popular to make it to the seventh edition but we can find no copies on OCLC. Disciple's of Christ Cono Mission hardcover
1903PHO-1294Masson, 1905. 4 vol. in-4 . Texte : broché (dos très usés avec manques et plats détachés au tome III, avec des défauts aux autres tomes); IV- 1210 pp. 428 reproductions photographiques dans le texte, 30 planches num. in & hors-texte, 2 pl. hors-t. n. ch. Atlas : cartonnage vert éditeur (frotté et tâché, bords des cartes un peu piqués et poussiéreux). 16 planches en couleurs contenant l'itinéraire général de la mission entre Ouargla et Bangui à l'échelle de 1/400.000e avec un levé détaillé du cours du Chari aux basses eaux entre Fort-Lamy et Fort-Archambault, à l'échelle de 1/100.000e.
1374425Bruxelles: Les Editions de Belgique, 1936 in-8 à grandes marges. Tiré à 28 ex. num. Un des 8 sur Japon. Demi chagrin noir à coins, dos à 5 nerfs terminés à froid sur les plats, titre doré, tête dorée, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, minimes épidermures sur les nerfs, très bel exemplaire.
1371064Bolobo (Haut Congo, Congo Belge): Baptist Mission Press, 1942 in-8, [xii}-248 page. Cartonnage d'éd., bon état d'occasion. Rare.
Série complète des premières 15 années/volumes, ensemble plus de 7000 pages, richement illustré (principalement des photos en n/bl, des cartes et des dessins), 27cm., reliures uniformes d'époque en rouge (dos en cuir avec titré doré, dos à cinq nerfs, charnières peu passées et qqs. traces d'usage), brochures originales conservées et reliées, feuilles de garde marbrées, qqs. vagues taches d'humidité dans les tomes 1 à 4 (dans le marge du texte, pas dans le texte), texte frais, poids: 30 kg., R108410
1899R108410Bruxelles, Charles Bulens 1899-1913 Série complète des premières 15 années/volumes, ensemble plus de 7000 pages, richement illustré (principalement des photos en n/bl, des cartes et des dessins), 27cm., reliures uniformes d'époque en rouge (dos en cuir avec titré doré, dos à cinq nerfs, charnières peu passées et qqs. traces d'usage), brochures originales conservées et reliées, feuilles de garde marbrées, qqs. vagues taches d'humidité dans les tomes 1 à 4 (dans le marge du texte, pas dans le texte), texte frais, poids: 30 kg., R108410
1371804Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1996 in-4, 408 pages, nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, cartes, bibliographie, index. Reliure toile, jaquette, bon état d'usage.
1909310760Bruxelles: Albert de Wit . Institute International de Bibliographie 1909. First edition. With 8 plates from photographs with multiple images; folding map; folding plan. xx 376 pp. Preface by Cyrille van Overbergh. 8bo. Later red cloth with original printed rose wrapper mounted to front cover. Light soiling to wrapper toning to text. First edition. With 8 plates from photographs with multiple images; folding map; folding plan. xx 376 pp. Preface by Cyrille van Overbergh. 8bo. An ethnographic description of the Warega or Lega people of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo published shortly after the creation of the Belgian Congo; volume 5 in the Collection de Monographies ethnographiques published by Cyrille Van Overbergh. A short biographical footnote on p. viii describes the author as a reserve officer in the Belgian army. Albert de Wit ... Institute International de Bibliographie unknown
1946232341946. Belgian Congo photo archive documenting colonialism and segregated settlement in Paulis Jadotville and at Kiubo Falls in 1946-1947 while Belgian rule expanded displacing Congolese communities from political power and control over local resources. Made by an unidentified traveler or colonial observer the group moves between industrial sites river traffic town streets waterfalls village compounds and posed encounters with Congolese residents placing daily life beside the infrastructure of empire. Jadotville in Katanga had been built within the orbit of Union Minière du Haut-Katanga and the copper economy that tied the Congo to European industry; Paulis belonged to the northeastern colonial administrative network that extended surveillance mission activity and commercial penetration into local societies. By the later 1940s these systems were producing wealth for Belgium and foreign markets through forced and controlled labor regimes.<br /> Photo archive of 36 black and white silver gelatin photographs various sizes ranging from 2.5" x 3.5" to 5" x 7" Belgian Congo 1946-1947. Nine photographs are identified to the Paulis region in 1946 including versos inscribed in French with "Habitations Européens à Paulis" "Pavillon de l'hotel" and "Le Kigoma sur le fleuve." These images show European-style houses set among palms a large riverside or lakeside steamer a broad colonial street with automobiles and low commercial buildings thatched structures and Congolese figures posed near village compounds and along a tree-lined road. The remaining photographs from Jadotville and Kiubo Falls in 1947 include multiple views of the falls from overlooks and near the waterline several repeated compositions of cascades and riverbanks a dense electrical installation with transformers and steel framing public crowd scenes dugout canoes on calm water groups standing beside temporary camp structures and additional views of thatched settlements large shade trees and Congolese men women and children positioned before houses or in open clearings. Several photographs set European-built environments against Congolese dwellings and occupied landscapes making the colonial dichotomy apparent within this grouping.<br /> Waterfalls river steamers electric infrastructure and ordered streets mark the channels through which copper labor and administrative authority moved outward to Belgian and international markets while the photographs of Congolese settlements and residents show the populations who bore that reorganization of land and economy. In the late colonial Congo extraction and transport depended on African labor under coercive conditions and urban growth in places such as Jadotville advanced through racially unequal housing wage structures and civic access leaving Congolese people concentrated in subordinate quarters or rural zones even when their work sustained the entire system. Light wear and occasional creasing; several versos inscribed in French; overall very good condition. An intimate look into Belgian colonial rule at the point where industrial wealth infrastructure and local displacement met on the ground. unknown
1909310760Bruxelles: Albert de Wit . Institute International de Bibliographie 1909. First edition. With 8 plates from photographs with multiple images; folding map; folding plan. xx 376 pp. Preface by Cyrille van Overbergh. 8bo. Later red cloth with original printed rose wrapper mounted to front cover. Light soiling to wrapper toning to text. First edition. With 8 plates from photographs with multiple images; folding map; folding plan. xx 376 pp. Preface by Cyrille van Overbergh. 8bo. An ethnographic description of the Warega or Lega people of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo published shortly after the creation of the Belgian Congo; volume 5 in the Collection de Monographies ethnographiques published by Cyrille Van Overbergh. A short biographical footnote on p. viii describes the author as a reserve officer in the Belgian army. Albert de Wit ... Institute International de Bibliographie unknown books
1373152Uppsala: Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia, 1953 - 1957 - 1962 - 1968 4 vol. gr. in-4: viii-155 pages, 25 fig. - (viii)-164 pages, 39 fig., 2 planches hors texte en couleurs - vii-258 pages, 43 fig., 2 planches hors texte en couleurs - vii-198 pages, 29 fig. Broché, le vol. I avec jaquette illustrée en couleurs (dos avec déchirure), couvertures avec marques d'usage, volume 4 non coupé comme neuf, bon état général. Cachets de la bibliothèque de Jacques Kerchache sur les volumes 1,2 et 3. (Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia IV, VIII, XII, XVI).
Complete series of 10 parts, bound in 4 volumes: viii,562 + 350 + 521 + 574pp., with numerous bl/w pictures and maps in text, text in Dutch, 36cm., in the series "Annales du Musée royal du Congo belge. C: Zoologie, série IV" (vol.2 fasc.1-3, vol.3 fasc.1-2, vol.4 fasc.1-2 & vol.5 fasc.1-3), 4 uniform hardcover bindings in good condition, spines in blue cloth with gilt lettering, few stamps on title pages, text clean and bright, Good condition, [Content: Volume I (fasc.1-3): Struthioniformes, Colymbiformes, Procellariiformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Turniciformes, Ralliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Lariformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Psittaciformes // Volume II (fasc.4-5): Coraciiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cypseliformes // Volume III (fasc.6-7): Passeriformes // Volume IV (fasc.8-10): Passeriformes], weight: 13kg., C99915
1948C99915Tervuren, Museum van Belgisch Congo 1948-1960 Complete series of 10 parts, bound in 4 volumes: viii,562 + 350 + 521 + 574pp., with numerous bl/w pictures and maps in text, text in Dutch, 36cm., in the series "Annales du Musée royal du Congo belge. C: Zoologie, série IV" (vol.2 fasc.1-3, vol.3 fasc.1-2, vol.4 fasc.1-2 & vol.5 fasc.1-3), 4 uniform hardcover bindings in good condition, spines in blue cloth with gilt lettering, few stamps on title pages, text clean and bright, Good condition, [Content: Volume I (fasc.1-3): Struthioniformes, Colymbiformes, Procellariiformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Turniciformes, Ralliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Lariformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Psittaciformes // Volume II (fasc.4-5): Coraciiformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Cypseliformes // Volume III (fasc.6-7): Passeriformes // Volume IV (fasc.8-10): Passeriformes], weight: 13kg., C99915
