Anthropology from Florilegius

Very good copy of a unique collection of plates and text from this educational work of ethnology Complete with 20 hand-coloured plates by an unknown artist depicting the most remarkable customs and rituals of various nations around the world. The illustrations reprinted from Moeurs et coutumes des Peuples, Hocquart, 1811. The full-page illustrations show a serf being punished brutally in feudal Russia, a… Ler mais sobre este item

Very good set of Catlin's classic account of his travels and sojourns with the Native American peoples from 1832-1839. Second edition with colour illustrations featuring 312 full-colour engravings on 180 plates (not the "400 Coloured Plates" described on the title page and spines). Includes three maps in colour. The illustrations show portraits of chiefs, warriors, medicine men and women, buffalo and horse… Ler mais sobre este item

Complete set of 29 volumes (10 on Europe, 8 on Asia, 4 on Africa, 4 on Asia, 3 supplements) bound in 34 of this monumental Italian work. Revised second edition in octavo following the first edition in folio of 1816-1834. 1,780 handcolored (some tinted or b/w) copperplate engravings by Sasso, Corsi, Giarre, Verico, Migliavacca, etc., after illustrations by Landriani, Sanquirico,… Ler mais sobre este item

Set of 3 volumes of this finely illustrated review of the manners, lifestyles and costumes of all the peoples of the world. Complete with 3 handcolored title pages and 365 handcolored illustrations on 184 lithographic plates of native costumes, customs, weapons, views, etc. (Missing the volume on Europe.) Text in German. Vol. 1, Asia, engraved title page, 278pp, 68 plates; Vol.… Ler mais sobre este item