Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon. Ikonographische Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. [complete] IV. Abtheilung: Voelkerkunde der Gegenwart

Heck, Johann Georg

1849, Third Edition. Leipzig : F. A. Brockhaus. Very good portfolio copy in the original contemporary publisher's boards with a paper label to the front. Note: the portfolio label is for a different volume of the same work, "VIII. Abtheilung: Religion und Cultus." Slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled externally, with the label slightly foxed. Internally, the section wrappers are somewhat creased at the fore-edge, with the plates remaining bright, clean, and well-preserved. A well-preserved portfolio overall. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Item #457773

Physical description: 1 portfolio (5 gatherings) : 42 plates ; 25 x 32 cm. Notes: Contains the complete volume "IV. Abtheilung: Voelkerkunde der Gegenwart" (Division IV: Ethnography of the Present Day), which constitute sections 28-32 of the third edition of Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon. Ikonographische Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Includes 42 numbered plates on ethnography. Subjects: Ethnography - Encyclopedias. Manners and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.

Price: €85.00