Customs of Native people of the Americas, 1777

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Author: Purmann, Johann Georg
Title: Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in America
Place Published: Frankfurth am Mayn
Publisher:Johann Gottlieb Garbe
Date Published: 1777-1781
Description:

4 vols. Illustrated with 30 (of 44) plates. (8vo) 16.3x9.5 cm (6½x3¾"), quarter calf with marbled boards, red morocco spine label, spine titled and ruled in gilt, in slipcase.

An account of the manners and customs of the Indian natives of North and South America, and of the South Sea Island. The second and third volumes are dated respectively 1778 and 1779. Sabin 81476.
Condition Report: Wear and rubbing to extremities with some loss, spines chipped; some internal offsetting and foxing, some ink notations, several plates torn, some repaired, vol 1 missing all plates, vol 2 missing plate 1, vol 3 missing plate 12; overall very good.