L'art Rupestre en Afrique de Sud: Mysterieuses Images du Drakensberg, Editions du Seuil, 2003, HC, NF.

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Lewis-Williams, David. Paris, Editions du Seuil, 2003.
French, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 1/4" x 10 3/4", 127 pp.
ISBN: 9782020327817

Gray cloth over board, stamped white lettering to spine, slight warping to text block, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block, dust jacket and endpapers. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, featuring color photograph of cave painting to front, white illustration of an animal to back, white lettering to front, back, spine, and interior flaps, some wear to edges, 1/2" closed-puncture to front panel, small soiling to head, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [6] 127 pp., replete with full-color images, black illustrations, Préface, "Danse de Mort, Danse de Vie," "Où est/Kaggen ?," "Capturer la Pluie," "Au-delà de Qing," "Mort de la Danse," Notes, Bibliography, and Acknowledgements. Beautifully produced book on the expedition led by J.M. Orpen in 1873 to the South African Drankensberg mountains, in which the members of the San (Bushmen) people informed the group on dance, shamanic culture, cave paintings, and much more.