Dammann, Carl Vicor & Friedrich Wilhelm. Ethnologischer Atlas

sämmtlicher Menschen-Racen in Photographien (...). Hamburg, Otto Meissner, n.d. (1876). Letterpress title leaf and 179 albumen prints mounted on 25 paperboard leaves (31.5 x 46.5 cm), each leaf w. a simple decorative border and w. a short general description in German, all photos w. irregularly numbered captions. Loose as issued in a later hcl. clamshell box, w. the orig. printed title mounted on front. Obl. folio.

Cont. large bookseller's ticket of 'Vetter's plastische leermiddelen' in Rotterdam on front cover. Mounted title worn, some minor stains and occasional damage to the photos. Extremely rare collection of photographs intended for use at schools by Carl Victor and Friedrich Wilhelm Dammann, who are best known for their massive photographic work Anthropologisch-Ethnologisches Album in Photographien. The collection contains photographs of ethnic peoples from all over the world, including Africans, Arabs, Chinese, Japanese, indigenous Americans, Australians, Melanesians, Micronesians and "civilised" Western Europeans. Only 2 other copies traced (Princeton University Library and the Museum Ethnografiska in Stockholm). Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 154; KVK/WorldCat (1 copy); cf. Theye, "Einige Neuigkeiten zu Leben und Werk der Bruder Carl Victor und Friedrich Dammann" in: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Volkerkunde Hamburg vol. 24/25 (1994/95), p. 247-284.