De Decker - Ta'aroa. De Polynesische Wereld. Transl. Fr. The Orig. French. Exhib.Catalogue [brussels, 1982].

Brussel, Gemeentekrediet van België, 1982. large 8°. orig.pict. col. limp glossy wraps. Some col. plates, num. text-ills. and figs, some sketch-maps in text, ext.bibliogr. Lavishly illustrated exhib.-catalogue, listing and describing tog. 169 Polynesian ethnographica as pottery & basket-work, household implements, statues and smaller carvings, bowls, Tapa, jewellery, arms & armour, architecture,&c..&c.., incl. chapters on the polynesian and his world, polynesian migrations, the european conquest of Polynesia, settlement of europeans and a belgian vision on polynesia by a.o. Jacob-Antonius Moerenhout(1797-1897), Charles de Witte (1800-1870), Emile de Harven (1837-1903), Father Damiaan (Jozef de Veuster, 1840-1889). A splendid catalovue. Very good copy.