1824 PRE-DARWINIAN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON ORIGIN OF HUMAN RACES BY FRENCH POLYGENIST, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, COPY OF NOTED AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST. Three hardbound volumes 8 inches tall, 3/4 leather binding with marbled paper covered boards, armorial bookplate of H.L. Shapiro to front paste down of each volume. Vol. I, ink signature, J J Virey on half title page, [iv], i-xl, 514 pp, 1 uncolored and 5 handcolored plates; Vol. II, [iv], i-iii, 431 pp, 2 colored plates; Vol. III, [iv], i-iii, 534, Errata, list of titles by same author. Light wear to covers, Vol. I expertly rebacked with retention of ...
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