Moeurs et coutumes des peuples. Ou Collection de tableaux représentant les usages remarquables, les mariages, funérailles, supplices et fêtes des diverses nations du monde
Widow Hocquart, 1811 - 1814. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Contemp. green half leather, richly gilt- and blind-stamped spines, marbled cardboard covers. First edition of this important work on ethnology and the history of different peoples on all the continents of the world, beautifully illustrated with 143 (of 144) engraved full-page plates, all in fine contemporary hand-colouring. They show the customs and habits of 61 etnic groups, i.a. punishments, weddings, burials, religious rites, costumes, hunting, ceremonies, houses, etc. Described and depicted are peoples of Europe (Russians, Finns, Crimeans, Lapps, Turks, Greeks.), Asia (Persians, Arabs, Syrians, Tibetans, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Siberians.), Africans (Egyptians, people from Barbary, the desert, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Congo, Hottentots.), America (Mexicans, Canadians, Inuit, various North- and South-American indigenous tribes) and Oceania (Australian Aborigines and peoples from Indonesia and the islands of the Pacific). Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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