Les Habitants de Suriname.
Paris: A. Quentin, 1884.
Numerous plates, some folding; 59 photographic portraits by Roche: phototypes of natives, in full face & profile; 13 vibrant chromolithographs of tribal headdresses, ornaments etc. Folding colored maps with tissue guards. Elephant folio, original green pictorial cloth, uncut edges. Paris: A Quantin, 1884. First edition. Some buckling on spine and wear at end; some waviness on the bottom margins of some pages; inner hinges strengthened, but some pages starting. A very good(+) copy of a scarce book.
Prince Roland was the grandson of Lucien, brother of the Emperor Napoleon I. He was one of the earliest anthropologists to successfully employ photography.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First
Language: French
Price: $3,500.00
Item #310538