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181118884Köln 1811. 12mo. Later gold-tooled half red morocco red paper over boards with the title in gold on the spine. With 24 numbered engravings 7 x 3 cm showing the peoples discussed in their traditional costumes each mounted on a blank leaf. With the engravings coloured as published as indicated on the title page. 170 4 pp. Extremely rare copy of the second edition of an already very rare work presenting the geography and anthropology of the foreign world in the form of a story told in 24 winter evenings by a father to his children. It is divided into 24 chapters each describing the inhabitants of a specific region in Africa the Americas Australia Asia and Europe each with a hand-coloured illustration. The equally rare first edition published by Bieling in Nürnberg in 1810 contains the plates from Johann Sigmund Stoy Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend 1784 while the illustrations in present anonymous edition are printed from new plates implying a possible pirated edition.It treats the Khoikhoi the inhabitants of Guinea the Caribbean Florida and Mexico the Eskimos the inhabitants of Greenland and Patagonia the "Pescherans" from Tierra del Fuego the inhabitants of New Zealand the Australian aboriginies called "New Hollanders" the inhabitants of Java and Amboina & Makassar the Moguls in India the inhabitants of Bukhara and China the Kalmyks Mongols and Buryatians the inhabitants of Tunguska and Kamchatka the Ostyaks the Samoyedic peoples and the Laplanders. Although published as a complete work by itself it was so successful that Bieling published a companion volume covering different regions in 1811: Schilderung der Vornehmsten Völker.The title-page mentions the work is written by the author of Unterhaltende Erzählungen für das erste Kindesalter 1809 apparently the same anonymous author who also wrote Julius merkwürdige Abentheuer 1813-1817 and Das goldene Buch für Kinder 1811 all published by Bieling in Nürnberg.The boards show very minor signs of wear the title-page shows traces of earlier endleaves some very minor occasional spotting. Otherwise in very good condition. An extremely rare copy of an early 19th-century German children's book teaching geography and anthropology.l WorldCat 1082152367 1 copy Universität Frankfurt; cf. GVK 2 copies of the first edition; Wegehaupt 1154 first edition lacking title-page; not in Lipperheide; Sabin etc. ABE CAT Anthropology & Ethnography ABE CAT Costumes & Uniforms hardcover
1967045010Boston: National Geographic Society 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9 1/4" High. 204 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Black And Gilt. First Printing No Isbn. Signed By Jane Goodall And Hugo Van Lawick On The Preliminary Illustrated Page. Book Near Fine Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj With Light Wear A Few Short Tears At Edges. <br/> <br/> National Geographic Society hardcover
1899A0491120 volumes plus all indexes and supplements. Royal Octavo 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" and Quarto 11" x 8 1/2" issued in wrappers. Early volumes from the library of George M Foster and bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Other volumes from the library of Robert V Kemper. First editions.<br /><br />American Anthropologist is the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association AAA. It is known for publishing a wide range of work in anthropology including articles on cultural biological and linguistic anthropology and archeology. Its first incarnation known as the "Old Series" started in 1888 and was published by the Anthropological Society of Washington the first anthropology association in the United States. The "New Series" began in 1899 under an editorial board that included Franz Boas Daniel G. Brinton and John Wesley Powell and continues to this day. The four fields of Anthropology include cultural linguistic archeology and biological/physical. Sometimes applied anthropology is added as a fifth division. Among the journals published by the AAA The American Anthropologist is the only one that follows the "four field" approach publishing articles from all the subdisciplines of anthropology. Proponents of four-field anthropology see American Anthropologist's broad scope as important to maintaining disciplinary unity while critics have expressed serious reservations about this aim and criticize pressures since the 1970s against editors and works that do not subscribe to four field holism as an ideal for anthropological scholarship.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Because of the quantity of this item shipping will be $500.00 domestic and will require 30 boxes to be shipped. Shipping arrangements will be made with the buyer. American Anthropologist hardcover
1589A0219i-xx title Dedication to Philip II "Tassa" signed Christoual de Leon "Erratas"1-640 pages title to <i>de Procuranda Indorum</i>. dated 1588 Colophon dated 1588 Duodecimo 6 1/4" x 4 1/4" bound in contemporary full limp vellum with leather ties still intact. Sabin 118 A reissue of the 1588 edition.<br /><br />Jose de Acosta September/October 1539 - February 15 1600 was a Spanish 16th-century Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America. Born at Medina del Campo in Spain he became a novice in the Society of Jesus at the age of thirteen at the place of his birth. Four of his brothers successively joined the same order. Before leaving Spain he was lecturer in theology at Ocana and in April 1569 was sent to Lima Peru where the Jesuits had been established in the proceeding year. At Lima Acosta again occupied the chair of theology; his fame as an orator had preceded him. In 1571 he went to Cuzco as a visitor of the college of the Jesuits then recently founded. Returning to Lima three years later to again fill the chair of theology he was elected provincial in 1576. He founded a number of colleges among them those of Arequipa Potosi Chuquisaca Panama and La Paz but met with considerable opposition from the viceroy Francisco de Toledo Count of Oropesa. His official duties obliged him to investigate personally a very extensive range of territory so that he acquired a practical knowledge of the vast province and of its aboriginal inhabitants. At the provincial council of 1582 at Lima Acosta played a very important part. Called to Spain by the King in 1585 he was detained in Mexico where he dedicated himself to studies of the country and people; returning to Europe he filled the chair of theology at the Roman college in 1594 as well as other important positions. At the time of his death he was rector of the college at Salamanca. Aside from his publication of the proceedings of the provincial councils of 1567 and 1583 and several works of exclusively theological import Acosta is best known as the writer of <i>De Natura Novi Orbis De promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros sive De Procuranda Indorum salute</i> and above all the <i>Historia natural y moral de las Indias</i>. The first two appeared at Salamanca in 1588 the last at Seville in 1590 and soon after its publication translated into various languages. It is chiefly the <i>Historia natural y moral</i> that has established the reputation of Acosta. In a form more concise than that employed by his predecessors Francisco Lopez de Gomara and Oviedo he treated the natural and philosophic history of the New World from a broader point of view. In it more than a century before Europeans learned of the Bering Strait Acosta hypothesized that Latin America's indigenous peoples had migrated from Asia to Latin America. He also divided them into three barbarian categories. The <i>Historia</i> also described Inca and Aztec customs and history as well as other information such as farming practices.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />iii-xvi 639-640 pages skillfully repaired affecting some text repaired worm hole affecting text throughout end-papers renewed. Contemporary inscribed title to spine faded some edge wear else a good to very good copy. Guillemun Foquel
1826A8132<p>121-91 blank1-63 63 64-162 1 blank i-vi 6 pages lacking the frontispiece plate: Retrato del P. Misionero autor de esta Obra Fr. Miguel Tellechea. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" rebound in quarter leather with marbled boards. "Grammar in Spanish with Tarahumara examples; religious texts in Spanish and Tarahumara in double columns. Book 1: 'Del nombre promombre adverbio y preposicion primeros rudimentos' pp. 6-12; Book 2: 'De las conjugaciones' pp. 13-46; Book 3: prayers and doctrinal texts pp. 47-59; Book 4: sermons pp. 60-122 followed by 'Algunas cosas necesarias para la debida administracion de los Santos Sacramentos' pp. 123-155." Sabin 9461 First edition.<br /><br />The Tarahumara or Rarámuri "runners on foot" or "those who run fastare a Native American people of northwestern Mexico who are renowned for their long-distance running ability. Originally inhabitants of much of the state of Chihuahua the Rarámuri retreated to the high sierras and canyons such as the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre Occidental on the arrival of Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century. The area of the Sierra Madre Occidental which they now inhabit is often called the Sierra Tarahumara because of their presence. The Tarahumara language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family. Although it is in decline under pressure from Spanish it is still widely spoken.<br /><br />Miguel Tellechea was a missionary to the Tarahumara Indians of the northern part of Mexico. His work is not only a grammar of the Tarahumara language but also a collection of sermons talks and a catechism in that language designed for use in the conversion of the Indians.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Points bumped and rubbed small worm hole at title lacks frontispiece else a very good copy of a scarce item.</p> Imprentade la Federacion en Palacio hardcover
1902BOOKS007023<p>3 volumes; xxviii862 pages with two fold out plates and numerous illustrations; xxxvi1107 pages with numerous illustrations; xxx729 pages with four maps including frontispiece 43 plates which one folds out and numerous black and white illustrations. Royal octavo 9 7/8" x 6 3/4". Bound in half leather with marbled boards. Three of five volumes. First edition. <br /><br />A few general observations on the contents of Gesammelte Abhandlungen are in order. Altogether the set includes 127 separate articles. Most were originally published in such well-known outlets of the 1887-1919 period as <em>ZeitschriJt jilr Ethnologie Globus Science Internationales Archiv filr Ethnographie Ethnologisches Notisblatt Mittheilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschajt in Wien Verojentlichungen aus dem Kdniglichen Museum filr Volkerkunde</em> Berlin and the proceedings of the various International Congresses of Americanists held during these years. Occasionally these articles on being reprinted in the various volumes of <em>Gesammelte Abhundlungen</em> were substantially enlarged and revised by their author.</p><p>A few of the most important papers were written especially for these volumes such as his well-known translations with copious notes of the Sahaguntine chants to the gods Vol. I his classic account of Tarascan culture at Contact Vol. III and his important descriptions of the ruins of La Quemada Vol. III and Teotihuacan Vol. V. Breaking them down into categories to illustrate again the great breadth of Seler's scholarly labors approximately 10 are devoted to studies of the Mexican codices 3 to Mexican calendrics 20 to Maya hieroglyphic writing and calendrics 3 to mythology 2 to general Mesoamerican linguistics 29 to analyses of archaeological objects or groups of objects 13 to descriptions always well illustrated of major ruins 6 to accounts of archaeological travels 14 to what might be called "general ethnohistory" 4 to direct translations of Nahuatl texts 3 to recent ethnography 3 to Conquest history I to geography and 4 on miscellaneous topics. In addition to this coverage of Mesoamerican matters which consumes the vast bulk of the volumes 4 articles deal with North America 3 with Central America and 5 with South America Andean region. The small number of articles specifically concerned with Mexican codices does not accurately reflect Seler's contribution to this field since as stated above his major works here were long monographs each thoroughly analyzing a major surviving specimen. American Anthropologist Volume 65: p1100<br /><br />Seler was born in Crossen an der Oder Prussia on December 5 1849; attended Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium Berlin 1863-1869; attended University of Breslau before serving a year of military duty in 1870-71 during the Franco-Prussian War; returned to his studies at University of Berlin in 1871 and passed his Oberlehrer examination in 1875; taught science and mathematics until he was forced to resign because of poor health in 1879; moved to Trieste and began studying linguistics and his interest in Pre-Columbian ethnography and archeology emerged; received his doctorate University of Leipzig 1887; director American Division Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin 1904-22; his published papers and monographs made fundamental contributions to studies of aboriginal American linguistics archaeology native history and ethnography; died in 1922. <br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong>Corners bumped and rubbed bookplate on front pastedowns spines lightly rubbed. A very good set.</p> A Asher & Company and Behrend & Company hardcover
1901A0570518 pages with facsimiles and wood cuts. Folio. 13" x 9 1/4" bound in half leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Compiled and re-impression under the direction of Antonio Penafiel. Inscribed by Penafiel. First published in 1559. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 5.<br /><br />When the Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525 they found a new challenge the language of the natives of the region whom they came to call Tarascans was different from other native languages of New Spain. Maturino Gilberti a Franciscan friar whose skills in the Tarascan language exceeded those of their peers. When his works were printed it was the first attempt of a systematic analysis of the language and his vocabulary is still the best known Tarascan dictionary. Prior to his arrival in the new world very little is know it is thought that he may have been born in 1498. but it could have been in 1507 or 8 in the city of Poitiers France. He studied arts and theology at the University of Toulouse and came to New Spain in 1531 shortly after his ordination. Fray Alonso de la Rea Michoacan's Franciscan chronicler of the seventeenth century says Gilberti went directly to Michoacan. He quickly learned the language and was held in high admiration by the natives. It seems that his first publication was a <i>Christian doctrine</i> that came out in 1553. In 1556 we find Fray Gilberti in Tzintzuntzan were Quiroga established the episcopal see and where indigenous Tzintzuntzans and other subjected Indians were forced in building the cathedral. Gilberti stood against Bishop Quiroga and the enslavement of the indigenous to build and pay for the cathedral. In the summer of 1558 Gilberti proposed several books to be printed in Mexico. He Had obtained approval for them by James Daciano guardian superior of the conventof the Franciscans in Tzintzuntzan in July. He must have acted quickly because on August 10 received letters from Archbishop Alonso and the Franciscan provincial authorizing the publication of his books. Within the same twelve month period the Viceroy Luis de Velasco gave his written approval. In accordance with such approvals he would published four books in Mexico during the course of less than one year. All were published at the press of Juan Pablo. It seems that Gilberti had thought that his grammar <i>Arte</i> and <i>dictionary</i> <i>vocabulary</i> were two parts of the same work. This is probably the reason why the dictionary does not have the usual written approvals because the dictionary is mentioned in the letters to the principle of grammar. Gilberti died in Tzintzuntzan 1585.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Inscribed on half title spine hinges edges and corners rubbed corners bumped. Internally very good in good binding. Tipografia de la Oficina Impresora de Estampillas hardcover
1975ZB3937361975-1988. volumes 1-13. 1975-1988. bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the set. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
1777077368London: Henry Rhodes etc. 1777. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition World map in volume one dated 1778; Map of Europe in volume two dated 1777 Two large heavy folio hardbacks in full contemporary tree calf. Five raised bands. Gilt decorated spines with red leather tile panel contemporary marbled end papers. Title pages printed in red and black. All plates present xxviii 546 pages plus list of subscribers 548 pages plus Index. Good condition with shelf wear expected for book of this age Very Sound bindings. Volume two protected by a linen sleeve. One pencilled inscription of a previous owner dated 1820. <br/> <br/> Henry Rhodes etc. hardcover
1899026863Chicago Illinois: Printed for the Author by the Lakeside Press 1899. This copy is from the library of and bears the ownership signature of Wilberforce Eames the "Dean of American bibliographers." more about Eames below. This is a remarkably well preserved copy of the 1899 edition limited to 560 copies. Near Fine condition. Square and tight. SEE PHOTOS. Unusual for this very heavy book hinges -- both inner and outer -- remain in excellent condition. Sharp corners. Page are creamy white unmarked with NO foxing. This pioneering anthropological work features 141 collotype plates after photos by Charles B. Lang and Bedros Tartarian. Among the tribes photographed are the Zapotec Mixe Tehauntepecano Juave Otomi Tarascan Aztec Tlaxcalan Mixtec Triqui Chontal and Cuicatec. To obtain these photos Starr traveled throughout the Mexican states of Puebla Tlaxcala Michoacan and Oaxaca measuring modeling sculptures and photographing. The plates feature portraits of each subject front and side views images of typical daily life and activities group shots with full length figures in native dress views of villages and environs etc. The photographic reproductions are full page -- measuring 8.5" tall by 11" wide -- all in FINE condition with exceptional detail and rich tonality. The printed limitation page in this copy is not numbered or author signed. The front free endpaper is signed by Wilberforce Eames as "W. Eames" SEE PHOTOS. Two downloads of his autograph are laid in for authentication. The American bibliographer and librarian Wilberforce Eames 1855 - 1937 is known as the "Dean of American bibliographers." Eames compiled many bibliographies and bibliographical references including major contributions to Joseph Sabin's DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA. From Wikipedia: "He became an assistant librarian and eventually a full librarian at Lenox and later upon the merging of the Tilden trust Astor and Lenox libraries he was appointed 'Lenox Librarian.' He became Chief of the American History Division at the New York Public Library in 1911 and Bibliographer a position he held until his death there in 1916. In 1924 The New York Times called Eames: "The greatest living scholar of books in America." A. S. W. Rosenbach said of Eames: "Probably the greatest student of books in the whole history of scholarship and book collecting lives quietly in New York worshiped by every collector and scholar and unknown to the world in general - Wilberforce Eames." Bound in the original dark blue almost black cloth. All gilt is still bright and shiny. SEE PHOTOS. Oversize Hardcover. Oblong. 14" wide by 10.75" tall by 2.25" thick. This very large very heavy book nearly 10 pounds before packaging will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage charged at our cost depending on destination. First Edition Limited to 560 copies. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Lang Charles B.; & Bedros Tartarian photos by. Unnumbered pages but 300. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Printed for the Author by the Lakeside Press Hardcover
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1992AN-23Oxford U.K.: Basil Blackwell Ltd. 1992. Comprehensive multidimensional reference text contains a pioneering collection of different strands of industrial archaeology which covers individual countries and their sites the individual processes and addresses key issues of conservation and preservation in a series of theoretical entries. Includes numerous maps photographs diagrams archival material and extensive bibliography of the subject. A guide to the articles on industrial pioneers from 1650 to 1950 is also included. 964 pp. Corners slightly bumped. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Basil Blackwell Ltd. Hardcover
1781A0814<p>Three parts in one volume 8xxiv232 pages; 626911 pages with map; 2133 pages. Duodecimo 7" x 5" three parts bound in contemporary half vellum with brown spine labels in gilt over marbled boards. Howes C149; Sabin 10911 Second edition.</p><p>Gian Rinaldo Carli also known by other names was an Italian economist historian and antiquarian. He distinguished himself as a student and young scholar. In 1744 at the age of 24 he was appointed by the Venetian Senate to the University of Padua's newly established professorship of astronomy and navigation. At the same time he was entrusted with superintendence over the Venetian marine. During these years he was part of a major dispute in Italian academia over the existence of sorcerers with the vast majority of the academics siding with the Girolamo Tartarotti against the Marquis of Maffei and Count Carli's sharp skepticism. He filled his offices ably for seven years before resigning them to study economics and history. He works on economics attracted the attention of Leopold of Tuscany afterwards emperor who placed him at the head of his economics council and board of public instruction in 1765. In 1769 he became Privy Councillor and in 1771 president of a new council of finances. In his old age he was relieved of the duties of these offices while continuing to receive their income. During his leisure he produced works on Italian history and other topics.</p><p>This work contains his letters theorizing about the origins of the American Indians possibly from Europe via Atlantis to Brazil; with a long dedication to Benjamin Franklin by the publisher Isidor Bianchi. Expanded second edition.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Corners bumped minor wear a bit of marginal worming to the first few leaves else a very good copy.</p> Lorenzo Manini Regio Stampatore hardcover
19159772060William Rider and Son 1915. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: William Rider and Son hardcover
1852BOOKS005759<p>vi1233 pages. Quarto 10 1/2" x 7" Bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards. Clavijero's History of Baja California which was first published in Italian then in English then a Madrid edition and then the Mexican edition. Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 13 page 293 First Mexican edition. <br /><br />Clavijero a Mexican native was exiled with the other Jesuits in the 1760s and lived in Italy thereafter. His history of Mexico is considered one of the best of the early histories of the subject. His history of Baja California is the first such and contains passages relating to the foundation of the mission at San Francisco as well as material on Kino and Salvatierra. Translated from the Italian manuscripts by Nicoles Garcia de San Vincente. The Palou volume is essential reading for the early history of Northern California. This is the second edition of the Vida of Serra. First published 1787. Francisco Palou 1723-1789 was a Franciscan missionary administrator and historian on the Baja California peninsula and in Alta California. Father Palou made significant contributions to the Alta California and Baja California mission systems. <br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Damp stains to end papers and heal edge of title page spine ends and corners professionally repaired Over all a very good copy of a scarce item.</p> De Juan R Navarro hardcover
1652A0820This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.<p>xx282 pages with title printed in red and black. Duodecimo 6" x 3 3/4" bound in full leather with blind stamped ruled edges. Sabin 33014. TPL 6327. Field 717. JCB II 418. Leclerc 290. Rahir 2056. Graesse III 370. Winsor I 369-70 First edition.<br /><br />One of the principal works in the celebrated literary dispute over the origins of the American aborigines. The controversy began in 1642 when Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius published his <em>De Origine Gentium Americanorum</em> in which he postulated that all of North America except for Yucatan was inhabited by the descendants of pre-Columbian Scandinavian colonists that the Peruvians were from China and that the regions south of Peru were peopled by the Moluccans. His theory aroused an antagonist in Joannes de Laet who counter-posed that the Scythian race furnished the predominant population of America. Horn better known by his Latinized name Hornius entered the debate at the suggestion of De Laet whose view he supported but he also held to later additions from the Phoenicians and Carthaginians on the Atlantic side and from the Chinese on the Pacific. The work contains references to early travels and accounts of America and discussion of the Huron and Iroquois tribes of Canada.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Rebacked signature clipped from front free end paper which is partially detached early book plate to front pastedown inked library stamp to final page corners chipped title with some old ink numbers else a good copy.</p> Adrian Valcq hardcover
1978ZB393951University of California Press 1978. volumes 6-12; 21; 23; 25-26; 29. 1978-2001. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. University of California Press unknown
1846r4182London: John Murray. G: in Good condition plus with marbled eps. Rebound. Remnants of label on verso of fep. Lacks half title. Slight soiling to title. Slight edge-block mark. No other significant flaws. 1846. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xviii 285pp 16pp. Frontis map. The first issue of the author's first book page 19 line 1 'Pomarea'. . John Murray hardcover
1992AN-35Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1992. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a detailed study of pottery economics in preindustrial societies demonstrating major techniques for analyzing pottery production and distribution in the archaeological record. Focusies on production and distribution as interrelated processes; emphasizing that ceramic production and distribution are interactive subsystems dependent on each other for their existence. Includes topics covering ancient reconstructions; factors affecting ceramic standardization; formal models of ceramic production; the Ballas pottery project: ethnoarcheology in Upper Egypt; organization of production and distribution of traditional pottery in South Highland Peru; Iroquois ceramic production; etc. 342 pp. Illustrated with 25 tables and 67 figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1862A0183<p>2 Volumes. lii3954 pages; vi427 pages. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" volume one rebound in red leather with gilt lettering to spine; volume two original quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. First editions.<br /><br />The first Mexican linguist worthy of this name is Francisco Pimentel in the second half of the nineteenth century. He attempted to systematize what was known until then about the Indian languages of Mexico. His work is the starting-point for the development of a more scientific approach to linguistic studies on Mesoamerican languages. A scholar versed in European typology and comparative linguistic studies of the nineteenth century Pimentel is clearly indebted to his predecessor the Spaniard Lorenzo Hervas y Panduro as well as Wilhelm von Humboldt Friedrich Schlegel Ernest Renan Jacob Grimm and others. His work on linguistic classification in Mexico unlike that of Orozco y Berra was as up to date as that of any of his North American contemporaries. The second edition of Pimentel 1874 had considerable influence on subsequent opinion concerning the classification of native languages in Mexico and Mesoamerica generally and his work was heeded by Powell and other scholars in North America. Pimentel claimed to be "the first to present a scientific classification of Mexican Indian languages based on comparative philology". He proposed several families that were accurate as well as a few that were not so accurate including Uto-Aztecan with nine subgroup members; Costeno with Mutsun; Mixe with Zoque; Mixtec Zapoteco. Pimentel was relatively successful in his attempt to establish family relationships. Interestingly his methods were those standard in European linguistic studies; in particular he emphasized grammatical evidence but also utilized basic vocabulary. Although Pimentel favored grammatical evidence he rejected the generally held notion of the time maintained by most scholars since Duponeau that all American Indian languages share the same morphological type.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Volume one. Tape repair to half title rebound and trimmed. Volume two. spine ends and corners chipped rubbing to edges hinges and corners else a good set.</p> Imprenta de Andre Escalante hardcover
1821040304Boston MA: Wells and Lilly 1821. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original full tree calf gilt on burgundy title label mounted on upper spine. Rubbed along edges some surface cracking/crazing rubbed joints and spine extremities. Foxed endpapers some toning and scattered foxing to interior but otherwise intact with firm binding. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf. viii472 pp. Exceptionally scarce first American edition issued a year after the first British edition of 1820. Wells and Lilly Hardcover
144288First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Large quarto; early binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the spine the first two items retaining their original wrappers; top corner snipped from the front free endpaper; occasional light foxing to the last work; overall in excellent condition with a manuscript list of contents bound in before the first publication. Full details of each item are as follows. <p>1 VIRCHOW Prof. Dr. Rudolph: Australier. 20 ethnographische und anthropologische Tafeln ausgefuhrt nach Anweisungen und Zeichnungen. Journal des Museum Godeffroy Heft X. Hamburg 1902. Large quarto vi 13 pages plus 20 plates 10 photogravures 9 tinted lithographs and a chromolithograph. <p>2 LUSCHAU Dr. v.: Das Wurfholz throwing-stick in Neu-Holland und in Oceanien. Sonder-Abdruck aus der Bastian-Festschrift. Berlin 1896. Large octavo 27 pages with some illustrations plus 3 plates with relevant marginal pencilling. <p>3 HOWITT A.W.: On the Organisation of Australian Tribes. Quarto pages 96-136 plus a folding map captioned in a margin 'Transactions of the R. S. of Victoria 1889'. <p>Provenance: Sir Edward Charles Stirling 1848-1919 Australian anthropologist and the first professor of physiology at the University of Adelaide with his armorial bookplate 'Gang Forward' on the front pastedown. The list of contents and the pencilling are in his hand. The later bookplate of Noel Lothian Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1948-1980 is mounted adjacent to it. paperback
19133991807Harrison And Sons 1913. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Published between 1913-1914. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2500grams ISBN: Harrison And Sons hardcover
1947006783Highland Park / Los Angeles 1947 - 1960 And 1967-1983: Southwest Museum 1947. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. A Run Of 107 Issues 1947 - 1983 Jan 1947-Dec 1951 Mar 1952-Aug 1952 Mar 1955-Aug 1958 Nov 1958-1960 Missing All 1961 - 1966 And With Issues 1967-1983. Sold As A Group Only. Also With List Of Publications The Casa De Adobe Handbook January 1966 And The Southwest Museum Handbook 1967. <br/> <br/> Southwest Museum unknown
1930SB7557Paris: Societe D'Editions Geographiques Maritimes et Coloniales 1930. Retired library with usual stamps stickers labels markings and rear withdrawn pockets. Originally a paperback copy rebound in plain unadorned green library buckram bound with original front and rear covers still intact. Text in French; language. Moderately shelf soiled and slightly shelf worn binding. 316p of text plus 114p. of plates. plus another 34p. of notes. Some pages edges are lightly bumped and corner-creased. . First Edition. Library Buckram. Very Good. Illus. by Plates/Folded Maps/Decorations. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. Societe D'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales Hardcover
