KRAFT, JENS. - FOUNDING THE SCIENCE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.

Kort Fortælning af de Vilde Folks fornemmeste Indretninger, Skikke og meninger, til Oplysning af det menneskeliges Oprindelse og Fremgang i Almindelighed. (Brief Account of the Principal Institutions, Customs and Ideas of the Savage peoples, to Inform about the General Origins and Development of Humanity).

Sorøe, Jonas Lindgren, 1760. Samtidigt hldrbd. Ryggen med blindtrykte dekorationer. Rygtitlen slidt. Hjørner lidt stødte. (8),383,(1) pp. samt 2 kobberstukne plancher. Spredte brunpletter og lettere brugsspor.
Contemp. hcalf. Blindtooled decorations on spine. Titlelabel worn. Corners a bit bumped. Scattered brownspots and light traces of use.

Scarce first edition of this pioneering work, by leading historians of ethnology, considered the true beginning of scientific ethnology and anthropology.

Order-nr.: 53320