Africa General

AFG 183

Humorous advert card by French confectioner Au Bon Marche, with the caption Onesime TOTO's Hunts in Central Africa. The back reads : The Hunts of Onésime TOTO in Central Africa TOTO to his friend LUBEC, President of the "Casse-Tout" Club, on the Cannebière MARSEILLE (France). MY DEAR, Finally, we have disembarked. After getting myself in order with the Administration (which doesn't joke around with regulations), here I am, with my entire caravan, on the stage of my future exploits. The porters, the beaters, the carts pulled by zebus, the semi-wild horses that serve as our mounts, all this forms a picturesque and comical ensemble of which I am sending you a photograph. See you soon, TOTO.

Price: $80.00

AFG 182

Hand written menu from Africa dated 1911. It was sponsored by the liqueur manufacturer of Fine Bernard. Rare, especially in this condition.

Price: $380.00

AFG 181

12 original dinner menus from the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, dated 1921-1929.

Price: $800.00

AFG 180

Large movie poster, Adios Africa.

Price: $290.00

Note: Africa Addio (lit. 'Goodbye Africa' or 'Farewell Africa'; also known as Africa: Blood and Guts in the United States and Farewell Africa in the United Kingdom) is a 1966 Italian mondo documentary film co-directed, co-edited and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani. Jacopetti and Prosperi had gained fame (along with co-director Paolo Cavara) as the directors of Mondo Cane in 1962. Africa Addio documents the end of the colonial era in Africa, and the violence and chaos that followed. The film was a huge success, which ensured the viability of the so-called "Mondo film" genre, a cycle of "shockumentaries"—documentaries featuring sensational topics. The film encountered criticism and praise due to its controversial content but is nevertheless considered to be a very important film in the history of documentary filmmaking.

AFG 179

Set of 14 colonial souvenir postcards of English and French West Africa by the Compagnie Generale de Navigation a Vapeur Cyp, Fabre.

Price: $300.00

AFG 178

Spanish Auca Cinco Semanas en Globo (Five Weeks in a Balloon), buy Jules Verne. It shows various explanations of the African continent.

Price: $300.00

Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times, the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.

AFG 177

Original can of Negrococao. Spanish, late 19th century.

Price: $150.00

AFG 176

Late 19th/early 20th century Pellerin print by Imagerie D’Epinal. Titled Un Coup de Vent. It shows a group of local natives making off with a rooftop.

Price: $90.00

Note: The Imagerie d'Épinal ( Vosges ) was originally a printing house founded in 1796 by Jean-Charles Pellerin and where the first images of Épinal were engraved in series. Initially a craft, Epinal imagery gradually became a real industry. The imagery initially used an image engraved in a wooden block ( xylography ). The sheet was then printed using a hand press, called a " Gutenberg ". Then the colorist intervened: using stencils, he applied the different colors necessary to finish the work with a round brush. Around 1850 , the appearance of lithography offered greater possibilities to the artist. Nevertheless, the images of Épinal still represented only 2% of the volume of images peddled in 1860. From 1829 to 1845, the imagery celebrated the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, his family, his marshals, his armies and his victories. Under the influence of Rousseauist thought, mid- nineteenth - century society began to see children as consumers. Riddles, dolls to assemble, and soldiers entered the catalog of imagery. At the dawn of the 20th century, the production of imagery was known throughout the world. Puppets, paper theatres, constructions and then, during the First World War , military subjects were all areas where dissemination was significant.

AFG 175

Late 19th/early 20th century Pellerin print by Imagerie D’Epinal. Titled Cinq Semaines en Balloon. It shows a group of balloon travellers landing in Haute-Senegal.

Price: $90.00

Note: The Imagerie d'Épinal ( Vosges ) was originally a printing house founded in 1796 by Jean-Charles Pellerin and where the first images of Épinal were engraved in series. Initially a craft, Epinal imagery gradually became a real industry. The imagery initially used an image engraved in a wooden block ( xylography ). The sheet was then printed using a hand press, called a " Gutenberg ". Then the colorist intervened: using stencils, he applied the different colors necessary to finish the work with a round brush. Around 1850 , the appearance of lithography offered greater possibilities to the artist. Nevertheless, the images of Épinal still represented only 2% of the volume of images peddled in 1860. From 1829 to 1845, the imagery celebrated the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, his family, his marshals, his armies and his victories. Under the influence of Rousseauist thought, mid- nineteenth - century society began to see children as consumers. Riddles, dolls to assemble, and soldiers entered the catalog of imagery. At the dawn of the 20th century, the production of imagery was known throughout the world. Puppets, paper theatres, constructions and then, during the First World War , military subjects were all areas where dissemination was significant.

AFG 174

Late 19th/early 20th century Pellerin print by Imagerie D’Epinal. Titled Histoire Africaine, it shows a Pelican laying black eggs after they had been sat on by a negro.

Price: $90.00

Note: The Imagerie d'Épinal ( Vosges ) was originally a printing house founded in 1796 by Jean-Charles Pellerin and where the first images of Épinal were engraved in series. Initially a craft, Epinal imagery gradually became a real industry. The imagery initially used an image engraved in a wooden block ( xylography ). The sheet was then printed using a hand press, called a " Gutenberg ". Then the colorist intervened: using stencils, he applied the different colors necessary to finish the work with a round brush. Around 1850 , the appearance of lithography offered greater possibilities to the artist. Nevertheless, the images of Épinal still represented only 2% of the volume of images peddled in 1860. From 1829 to 1845, the imagery celebrated the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, his family, his marshals, his armies and his victories. Under the influence of Rousseauist thought, mid- nineteenth - century society began to see children as consumers. Riddles, dolls to assemble, and soldiers entered the catalog of imagery. At the dawn of the 20th century, the production of imagery was known throughout the world. Puppets, paper theatres, constructions and then, during the First World War , military subjects were all areas where dissemination was significant.