Henricy,C. u. F.Lacroix. Lot n° 1366

Les moeurs et costumes de tous les peuples, d'apres les documents les plus authentiques, les voyages les plus recents et des materiaux inedits. 2 Tle. in 1 vol. Paris, Libr. Ethnographique 1847. 4°. With 55 col. wood engravings and numerous wood engravings in text. 2 fol., 384 p., 4 fol., 112 p., 2 fol. Old leather of the time (rubbing). Colas 1427. Hiler 426. not in Lipperheide. First edition. - Contains: I. Afrique. II. Oceanie. Oceania here includes Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Polynesia, etc. The plates in splendid contemporary colouring and partly heightened with albumen. - Somewhat foxed, front endpaper loose. - With: Chamisso,A.v.╗ Entdeckungsreise um die Welt 1815-1818. Mchn., Alpenfreund 1925. - ╔Speiser,F.╗ Versuch einer Siedlungsgeschichte der Südsee. Zurich 1946. - 3 vols. in all.