[JUDAICA] Réponses au Mémoire de M. Lacour, intitulé : Origine, chez un peuple noir et africain, de la langue hébraïque et du monothéisme hébreu ; inséré dans le Recueil des actes de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux

Uncommon first edition.

An early controversy over the skin color of the first known anthropoids, marked by sharply divided opinions rooted as much in common preconceptions as in anthropological analysis.

All participants in the debate were recognized authorities in their respective fields: Pierre-Toussaint Marcel de Serres de Mesplès (1780–1862) in geology; Pierre Lacour (1778–1859) in art history and techniques; and Charles Des Moulins (1798–1875) in botany.

Minor tears and slight losses at the corners of the wrappers, without affecting integrity.

Manuscript ex-libris “La Neufville” at the head of the front cover.