L. Figuier - Les Races Humaines - 1872

The Human Races by Louis Figuier - Librairie Hachette et Cie, Paris 1872, original edition -
Format: In-8 (16 x 23 cm) - Publisher's red half-leather binding, spine with raised bands forming panels titled and adorned with gilded tools, red percaline boards, 636 pages augmented by 334 wood-engraved illustrations and 8 chromolithographs representing the principal types of human families -
Detailed table of contents: see photos - The work is divided into 5 parts: white race, yellow race, brown race, red race and black race -
Condition: Given the age, slight defects may appear, the binding is worn and very slightly used, the book has scattered foxing, but the quires are firmly bound -