MINT! Simply Beautiful ‘Tanzanie’ in Perfect Original Box and TIssue, and Outer Packaging

By one of our favourite artists, Robert Dallet, this as new, stunning Hermes scarf was issued as part of the Autumn/Winter collection in 1997/1998 for Hermès’ Year of Africa. ‘Tanzanie’ is one of the most difficult of Dallet’s scarves to get hold of, and it is rare indeed to find one in this immaculate condition!

Monsieur Dallet’s talents and love of animals come to life in individual vignettes celebrating Tanzania’s beauty in this beautiful design.

Originally from Normandy, Robert Dallet was born in 1923, and, from a very young age, he was passionate about nature and drawing animals. In 1952, he decided to make a career of it, leaving his home region for Paris on a quest for a publisher who would give him a first chance.

However, he had a difficult start. Making the most of his free time, he made frequent visits to the zoos and museums of Europe in order to refine his scientific knowledge. He studied the behaviour and anatomy of every animal, which he observed for hours on end, and drew hundreds of sketches in thick notebooks.

When he was offered his first few contracts, he also drew cartoons for various magazines. During this period, he created numerous books for children with the publishing house Lito in Paris.
He also worked for different nature magazines, and in 1960 he met Robert Wolff, better known by his nickname “Roby”, who was director of the journal ‘La vie des Bêtes’ in the 1960s. They would go on to collaborate for the next 16 years.

From 1966, combined with Roby’s texts, he illustrated a series of five volumes on the world’s fauna each year: Faune d’Afrique, Faune du Nouveau Monde, Faune d’Europe, Faune d’Asie and Faune d’Australie, all of which were published by Lito. Some had prefaces written by Professor Jean Dorst, a famous ornithologist who was director of the Museum of Natural History in Paris from 1975 to 1985, and one was prefaced by the Duke of Edinburgh. In 1969 M. Dallet won the Academy Grammont prize.

Tanzania is known for its vast wilderness areas, including the plains of Serengeti National Park – a safari mecca; and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain.
Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.