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Quatre années en Océanie. Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme et des Sociétés qu'il organise. Moeurs et coutumes de certains Papous Australiens. Anatomie et Physiologie du plus arriéré des noirs.
".: 10. Paris, J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1876, (4) nn pp + 370 pp + (10) nn pp with woodcut ills. , nicely bound in full dark green cloth, smooth spine with title label , gilt supra libro of the '' Bibliothèque du Cercle Artistique et Littéraire ''. On the first paste-down the printed ex-libris of this library with the cancellation stamp ; '' vendu par le Cercle Volney ''. Interesting provenance of an extremely curious book containing some strong 19th century racists ideas compiled by the author during a 4 year visit in Australia. The author was a medical doctor in the service of the French Navy. From 1875 till 1888 he was a prominent member of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris . (Anthropology , ethnography , Australia ; aboriginals ) ."
