Ernest CHANTRE
Recherches anthropologiques sur le Caucase[Anthropological Research in the Caucasus]
Henri Georg • C. Reinwald|Paris • Lyon 1885-1887|28 x 37.5 cm|5 volumes brochés
Very rare first edition of the principal work by archaeologist and anthropologist Ernest Chantre (1843–1924), specialist of the Caucasus.
Spine of the first volume restored and replaced; a vertical scratch to the upper cover of volume one; some lacks to several spine-ends; some foxing; occasional lacks to the boards; a tear with some leather lacking to the rear endpaper of vol. 4.
This foundational work is composed of four parts in five volumes:
I. Prehistoric period, with in-text illustrations, a colour map, two tissue-guarded portrait plates, and six lithographs with facing captions. –
II–III. Protohistoric period, illustrated with 78 lithographs numbered I–
€3,000