Author: Düben, Gustaf V.J. von.
Title: Crania Lapponica. With a preface by Professor Gustaf Retzius. Edited by Prof. C.G.Santesson.
Description: Stockholm, P.A. Norstedt & Sons, [imprint on paper vignet on cover: Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer], 1910. 2 vols. 23 pages test. Orig. wrappers (= text booklet) & 22 large tinted lithogr. plts with skulls in h.cloth portfolio. Large folio [71 x 55 cm.]. - Portfolio sl. rubbed; first and last plate with age toning.Craniological study on the Sami people (also Sámi or Saami), traditionally known in English as Lapps or Laplanders. This posthumous work of Gustaf von Düben consists of 22 large printed plates with outline drawings of Lapp crania, most probably printed in the 1870s (cf. Retzius' preface on page 3). The text booklet includes two tables of measurements taken of the Lapp crania. # Hirsch-H, 328 & Erg.-Bd. page 247.

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