Mar 26, 2015 - Sale 2377

Sale 2377 - Lot 353

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(FOLK LORE.) LEON, ARGELIERS, ET AL, Editors. Actas del Folklore. Volume I, numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-12. Illustrations. Uniform 4to's; some wear to the cover of the first number, and rear cover of the last number. Habana: Gobierno Revolucionario, Consejo de Cultura, 1961

Additional Details

an almost complete run of this rare cultural magazine, the fifth number of which includes a 50 page special supplement 'Cuadro Sinoptico de la Esclavitud en Cuba. . . ('synoptical picture of slavery in Cuba and western culture.'). This is presented in chart form and gives a chronology of slavery in the island from 1501 through 1880 contrasted with events in European culture. A very scarce and important publication, with a great deal on 'Santeria' or 'Voudou' on the island.