WAHLEN (Augustus). Habits, customs and costumes of all the p - Lot 127

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WAHLEN (Augustus). Habits, customs and costumes of all the p - Lot 127
WAHLEN (Augustus). Habits, customs and costumes of all the peoples of the world, according to authentic documents and the most recent travels. Bruxelles, Librairie historique-artistique, 1843-1844, 4 vol. grand 8°, tome 1 : Afrique-Amérique, [4]-365-[3] p., 43 engravings ; tome 2 : Europe, [4]-361-[3] p., 45 engravings ; tome 3 : Océanie, [4]-368 p., 36 engravings; volume 4: Asia, [4]-592 p., 83 engravings, half-basane with wedges, spine with 4 double nerves, author, title and gilt boxes (spines faded and rubbed, blunt leg. wedges, fresh inside). Original edition with all the engravings (197 out of text), including the title vignettes, hand-coloured. These plates were drawn or woodcut by : Doms, Duverger, Lisbet, Markaert, Mercier, Pannemaker, Vermorcken, etc. The volume devoted to Oceania includes descriptions of Malaysia (Nicobar, Moluccas, Borneo, Holo or Soulou, Philippines), Micronesia, Polynesia (Marianas, Gaspar-Rico, Sandwich, Carolinas, Roggeween, Marquesas, Pomotou, New Zealand), and Melanesia (New Guinea, Louisiade, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Australia and the Melanesian-Polynesian Archipelago). Colas, Bibliography of Costume, 3041.
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