Antique Works of Art from Benin ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

(London): Printed Privately 1900. Roy. 4to. Rebound in blue cloth with orig. illust. cloth from front board laid back down (marked on front cover). T.e.g. (100pp.). With 50 b/w plates. Varied toning throughout. Previous owners name-stamp on title-page. Fine. NOTE: Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt-Rivers was an English officer ethnologist and archaeologist. He had a museum in Farnham Dorset which he established in 1880 and housed anthropological objects such as these pieces from Benin in West Africa.