LE BON, Gustave. - Les civilisations de l'Inde.

Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1887.8vo. Contemporary half brown morocco, spine gilt. With 2 maps, 7 chromo-lithographed plates and 350 illustrations. VII,743 pp. First edition. - Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon (1841 - 1931) was a leading French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics. He applauded Indian architecture, art and religion but argued that Indians were comparatively inferior to Europeans in regard to scientific advancements, and that this had facilitated British domination. Containing also some coloured illustrations of Nepal in the 19th century. - (Foxed as usual).Yakushi L58; Chadenat 1408; Broc II, p.283.

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