PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786-1848). Six Ethnographic Maps, Illustrative of “The Natural History of Man” and “Researches into the Physical History of Mankind.” [London]: N.p., [ca 1850]. Second edition.
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PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786-1848). Six Ethnographic Maps, Illustrative of “The Natural History of Man” and “Researches into the Physical History of Mankind.” [London]: N.p., [ca 1850].
Folio (560 x 350 mm). Six double-page hand-colored maps. (Some occasional spotting.) Contemporary roan-backed marbled boards (covers detaching, some wear). Provenance: Mrs. M. O. Munroe (stamp).
Second edition, published to illustrate Prichard's The Natural History of Man, which was first published in 1843. The maps illustrate the distribution of races in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. The atlas, sold separately from the text, is rare in any edition. Sabin 65480.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch
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