Item #310538 Les Habitants de Suriname. Prince Roland BONAPARTE.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.
Les Habitants de Suriname.

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

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