Description
PARNY (Évariste).
Madagascan songs, translated into French by Évariste Parny.
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920. — In-16, 175 x 118: 38 pp., (4 ff., the last two blank), illustrated cover. Bradel binding in black half-maroquin, transparent Plexiglas covers, plain spine, cover preserved (Jean Duval).
Sylvain Laboureur, Complete Catalogue of the Works of Jean-Émile Laboureur, II, pp. 328–329, no. 723.
A charming and highly sought-after edition of this collection of Creole songs, translated and published for the first time by Évariste Parny in 1787. It is illustrated with 31 colour woodcut vignettes by Jean-Émile LABOUREUR (1877–1943), including two on the cover. These vignettes exist in only one version.
A unique edition limited to 412 copies on natural jute paper.
A perfectly preserved copy, bound by Jean Duval.
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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