Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 316

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
LAFITAU, JOSEPH-FRANÇOIS, S.J. Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps. 42 engraved plates; map of the Americas indicating regions inhabited by Indian tribes. [22], 610, [2]; [12], 490, [41] pages. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, short crack at top of front joints, Volume 2 spine chipped at top; institutional stamp on titles and verso of plates, tear in blank outer margin of Volume 1 title ineptly repaired with cellotape. Bookplates of Ricardo Heredia y Livermoore. Paris: Saugrain l'Aîné & Charles-Estienne Hochereau, 1724

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first edition.