Catalogue des collections rapportées de l'Amérique Russe (aujourd'hui territoire d'Aliaska).
first edition
1872 · Paris
by PINART, Alphonse (1852-1911).
Paris: J. Claye, 1872. First edition. Very Good. 26 cm; 30 pages. Original printed wraps, a bit worn and dusty, preserved in plastic sleeve. Internally without blemish. Reference: Alaska Bibliography 3593.
Very rare catalogue of 266 indigenous Alaskan objects exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Paris shortly after the American acquisition of the territory. The author was an early champion of the theory that the Americas were first populated by migration across the Bering Strait. (Inventory #: 5700)
Very rare catalogue of 266 indigenous Alaskan objects exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Paris shortly after the American acquisition of the territory. The author was an early champion of the theory that the Americas were first populated by migration across the Bering Strait. (Inventory #: 5700)