Author: Gustave Le Bon
Title: Les Premieres Civilisations
Description: Paris, C. Marpon Et E. Flammarion , 1889. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French study on the earliest civilisations by Gustave Le Bon, illustrated throughout and bound in quarter morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, nine monochrome plates and many monochrome vignettes and full page illustrations. Collated, complete. A fascinating study on early human civilisations by Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon, a leading French polymath, sociologist and anthropologist. The work discusses Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese and Egyptian early civilisations. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Written in French. Bound in quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Externally worn with the front board detached but present with rear board nearly detached and and spine weak. Loss to the head of the spine, closed tears to the leather to the spine with rubbing to the raised bands and joints, and wear and bumping to the extremities of the boards. Internally firmly bound with age toning to the extremities and spotting throughout and the odd minor tidemark. Complete internally with plates intact and in good condition, could benefit with careful rebinding. Fair . Ill.: None stated. Fair .

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