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Title: De Aarde en haar volken. Geillustreerd volksboek. volumes 1-8.
Description: Haarlem, A. C. Kruseman, 1865-1872. Eight volumes in eight. 4to (29.6 x 22.5 cm) with numerous woodcuts. Uniform publisher's half cloth over purple marbled boards. Spines with gilt band and title. Edges sprinkled red. = The rare start of a popular anthropology and travel series dealing with the entire planet and its people. Contains mainly publications about countries outside Europe, dealing with ethnography, habits, religions, architecture, archaeology, etc., etc. Well written and well-illustrated with woodcuts, some page-sized, showing land and city scapes; ruins, events, costumes, exotic animals, etc., etc. Each volume with an index. Some rubbing to board edges; as usual some foxing, otherwise a very good, unmarked set.

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