(LAMBERT, CLAUDE-FRANCOIS).

Recueil d'Observations Curieuses, sur les Moeurs, les Coutumes, les Usages, les differentes Langues, le Gouvernement, la Mythologie, la Chronologie, la Geographie ancienne et moderne, les Ceremonies, la Religion, les Mechaniques, l'Astronomie, la Medecine. 4 vols.

Paris, David le jeune, 1749.

8vo. Four part uniformly bound in two contemporary full sprinkled calf bindings with four raised bands and richly gilt spines. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. A nice and clean set. (8), 400, (2), VI, 392 pp.; (2), VIII, 391, (3), VI, 408, (4) pp. 

Uncommon first edition of Lambert’s work, an encyclopedic compilation of knowledge intended to inform and educate readers about the diverse cultural, religious and scientific practices of different civilizations.
Vol. I. contains chapters on the Guarani Indians of South America and on California. Vol. II. on the Hurons, Abenakis, Algonquins, Illinois, Ottawas, Natchez and other Indian tribes. Vol. III. on Terra del Fuego, St. Domingo, Paraguay, Peru and the Chiquitos. Vol. IV. on the Moxos Indians, the West India Islands and Mexico.

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