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Among Cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland
by LUMHOLTZ, Carl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1889 1ed Queensland Cannibals Lumholtz Australia Aborigine Illustrated Maps
The Norwegian, naturalist, anthropologist and explorer Carl Lumholtz spent four years in Australia from 1880. Lumholtz' expedition to Australia was partly paid at the expense of the University of Christiania, to collect zoological and zootomical material for the museums of the University, and research the manners and anthropology of the natives, and among the cannibals. Lumholtz succeeded in securing a large collection of zoological specimens and discovered four new mammals - a tree kangaroo and three opossums, which are depicted in the colored lithographed plates. He collected four new species of mammals with his account of his travels, Among Cannibals, containing detailed observations of Aboriginal life.
This 1889 first edition includes 2 folding colored maps, 29 plates including frontispiece portrait and 4 colored lithographs, and numerous in text illustrations.
Item number: #13415
Price: $499
LUMHOLTZ, Carl
Among Cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland
London: John Murray, 1889. First Edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [5], xx, 395
o Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover, tight and secure
o Cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6.5in (24cm x 18cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13415
- Title
- Among Cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland
- Author
- LUMHOLTZ, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1889 1ed Queensland Cannibals Lumholtz Australia Aborigine Illustrated Mapsrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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