DIE SITTEN DER VOLKER. Liebe-Ehre-heirat-Geburt Religion-Aberglaube-Lebens-gervohnheiten Kultureigentumlidchkeiten Tod und Bestattung bei allen Volker der Erde. (three volumes)
Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1914-1922. Vol. I: Australien und Ozeanien, Asien. viii, 432 pages 500 photographs, 11 full-page color plates. Vol. II: Asien, Afrika. 459 pages (pp. 25-26 are loose), 522 photographs, 25 full-page color plates. Vol. III: Afrika, Amerika, Europa. 444 pages, 477 photographs, 15 full-page color plates. Decorated gilt cloth cover. Rebound in custom linen and calf covers, hubs on spine. Item #11430
A beautifully published set, bound in handsome illustrated, gilt covers, these three volumes contain more than 2,000 large, very good photographs--principally of indigenous peoples and their material culture and rituals. Among the contributing authors are the noted ethnologists A.C. Haddon, A. Kramer, R. Parkinson, C.G. Seligmann, B. Spencer, and L.A. Wadell.
Price: $575.00