Lot 86
AFRICA Zulu coffee chief Peter Hansen's Life 1874

Estimate: $600 - $800

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[DUTCH COLONIALISM] [HUMOR] Zulukafferhøvdingen Peter Hansens, Early Comic Illustrated: Bizarre Illustrated Story Of Algerian Insurrection, Race Swapping & Murder
By Anonymous

Dark humor told in verse and imagery of a young man's fall from an idyllic European life to a series of misfortunes, including fighting Muslims in Northern Africa, being captured by the enemy, rescued by Zulus, forcibly having his skin darkened with a staining substance, then returning to Europe as a side-show attraction, where a romantic entanglement winds up with our hero tearing his rival to pieces. Rare in every way.
Zulukafferhøvdingen Peter Hansens Liv og Levnet fortalt af ham selv. Kbh: Gandrup, 1874. (From colophon).

Zulu coffee chief Peter Hansen's Life and the Life told by himself. Kbh: Gandrup, 1874.(Google translation).

32 leaves. Pamphlet form bound in leather backed boards. Pages toned with foxing; leather rubbed, chipped. Good or better, overall.

OCLC locates a few copies in Danish collections.

See images for an entry from a contemporary book trade report, Nordisk boghandlertidende. Denmark: n.p., 1875. ("Nordic Bookstore Paper" according to Google.)


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