Petits Voyages Pittoresques dans l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique, la Polynésie et les terres australes;contenant la description des principaux pays de ces parties du monde, et celle de leurs habitans; Avec trente-deux planches coloriées soigneusement, représentant les costumes de tous ces peuples
by SAINTIN, publisher. M***8 (le Baron [sic]):
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A Paris, Chez Saintin, Libraire..., 1813. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small, rectangular 8vo, 120 x 88, pp. [iv], 107 [108 blank], xcv [xcvi blank]; [iv], 106 [107 - 108 Table], xciv, engraved frontispiece in volumes and 31 other attractive and interesting engraved plates contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spines. A very good set. These two volumes, with quite a bit of emphasis on the Aborigines of Australia, have very good engravings, but how much of a contribution to ethnography they make is difficult to assess. All of the plates seem to derive from a great variety of previous images, and one has probably to be slightly sceptical about their authenticity. For example, California is represented by a plate that seems more appropriate to a location in South America.
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- Petits Voyages Pittoresques dans l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique, la Polynésie et les terres australes;contenant la description des principaux pays de ces parties du monde, et celle de leurs habitans; Avec trente-deux planches coloriées soigneusement, représentant les costumes de tous ces peuples
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- SAINTIN, publisher. M***8 (le Baron [sic]):
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- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- A Paris, Chez Saintin, Libraire..., 1813
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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- Plate
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