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[INDIGENOUS PEOPLES]. SCHOMBURGK, Sir Robert. Remarks to Ac...

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[INDIGENOUS PEOPLES]. SCHOMBURGK, Sir Robert. Remarks to Accompany a Comparative Vocabulary of Eighteen Languages and Dialects of Indian Tribes Inhabiting Guiana. London; Simmonds & Co., Colonial Publishers, 1848. 8vo. 20 pp. Bound in modern full tan calf, boards and spine stamped in gilt, photocopied marbled endleaves, bound with plain brown wrappers (original?) text toned, occasionally creased). Good. Bookplate of Coleccion Monclau on fp. FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON LANGUAGES OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES OF BRITISH GUIANA (today, Guyana). Measurements: 10 x 7 x ??.