Description:
Wahlen, Auguste [aka Jean François Nicolas Loumyer] (1801-1875) Moeurs, Usages, et Costumes de Tous Peuples du Monde: Oceanie. Brussels: a la Librairie Historique-Artistique, 1843, large octavo, volume four only of a four volume set, illustrated with hand-colored vignette to title and approximately thirty-four hand-colored full-page illustrations, sold as a collection of plates, bound in contemporary half leather, worn, 10 x 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $50-100
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