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515 - LUMHOLTZ, Carl Au pays des cannibales. Voyage d'exploration chez les Indigènes de l'Australie orientale 1880-1884. Ouvrage traduit du Norvégien [...]. Paris Hachette et Cie 1890 8vo; front., 2 maps (n.c., few spots, occ. marg. dampst.). Contemp. half red shagreen, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands (some light damage to front board, corners sl. bumped). French translation, published 1 year after the 1st ed., of Lumholtz' expedition of 10 months among the Indigenous inhabitants of North Queensland. Lumholtz (1851-1922) was a Norwegian ethnographer known for his field research on indigenous cultures in Australia and Mexico. Richly illustrated with a front. portrait, 2 maps (of which one colour) and numerous full-page in-text illustrations.

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€80 - 100

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30%

LUMHOLTZ, Carl Au pays des cannibales. Voyage d'exploration chez les Indigènes de l'Australie orientale 1880-1884. Ouvrage traduit du Norvégien [...]. Paris Hachette et Cie 1890 8vo; front., 2 maps (n.c., few spots, occ. marg. dampst.). Contemp. half red shagreen, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands (some light damage to front board, corners sl. bumped). French translation, published 1 year after the 1st ed., of Lumholtz' expedition of 10 months among the Indigenous inhabitants of North Queensland. Lumholtz (1851-1922) was a Norwegian ethnographer known for his field research on indigenous cultures in Australia and Mexico. Richly illustrated with a front. portrait, 2 maps (of which one colour) and numerous full-page in-text illustrations.

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Old & rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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