around the world in manuscript and photography - Voyager Press ...
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Publisher's Archive<br />
110 Orig<strong>in</strong>al Wood Pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g Blocks<br />
Illustrations of <strong>the</strong> Belgian Congo<br />
1920s - 1940s<br />
A publisher's archive of 110 orig<strong>in</strong>al wood pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g blocks used for pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g illustrations<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Belgian missionary journal, "Echos", from 1920's to 1940's, pr<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> French.<br />
Metal pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g plates, mounted on wooden blocks, various dimensions, <strong>in</strong> average approximately 3<br />
<strong>in</strong>ches x 5 <strong>in</strong>ches, each block wrapped <strong>in</strong> a pr<strong>in</strong>ted paper, that be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ted example of <strong>the</strong><br />
illustration; captioned <strong>and</strong> dated; housed <strong>in</strong> two metal boxes.<br />
A unique archive of images of native life <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Belgian<br />
Congo, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g many images of Djuma. Some of <strong>the</strong><br />
blocks have not been opened s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>y were wrapped for<br />
storage <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1920s/40s.<br />
$5,750<br />
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