192 - SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – ERNI (Hans).
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Estimate €300 - €400

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SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – ERNI (Hans). Africa’s Promised Land. A Symphony in Black and Gold. Lausanne: André and Pierre Gonin, [1966]. — Oblong folio, 353 x 374: 143 pp., (4 ff. last large), illustrated cover. Loose-leaf, pasted-in cover, publisher’s cardboard slipcase. A very fine edition published to mark the first World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, presenting an anthology of African poems taken from: *Chants d’ombre* (1945), *Hosties noires* (1948), *Nocturnes* (1961), *Elégies, Ethiopiques* (1956), *D’autres chants*, and *Poésies diverses* by Léopold Sédar Senghor. The illustrations consist of 17 exquisite original colour lithographs by Hans ERNI (1909–2015), including 15 full-page and 2 double-page illustrations. Limited edition of 225 copies, signed by the publishers and the artist on the colophon. This is one of 123 printed on Arches grand vélin (no. 105). Very well-preserved copy. The slipcase is missing.

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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM

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192 - SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – ERNI (Hans). See original version (French)

192 - SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) – ERNI (Hans).
See original version (French)