Purmann - Sitten un meinungen der wilden in Amerika (1790) Literature tan gilt-lettered spine label

tan gilt-lettered spine label

(90 x 60 mm) pp

Twenty single-line initials in alternating shell gold with blue penwork decoration and dark blue with red penwork decoration

endbands roughed and some of the fabric to spine is brittle and chipped

misattributed on back as "Book of Hours

Purmann - Sitten un meinungen der wilden in Amerika (1790) Literature tan gilt-lettered spine labelPurmann, Johann Georg. Sitten und meinungen der wilden in Amerika. Mit kupfern . Letzte verbesserte auflage. Wien [Vienna]: in Verlag bey F. A. Schrmbl, 1790. (165 x 105 mm) pp. vi, [Table], 1 391, 4, A Z8, Aa8, Bb4. Text complete; 10 illustrations in good condition, lacks second copper illustration for p. 371 and extant copper illustration for p. 371 wants part of the image. Bound in full calf with gilt stamped decorations of the time along spine.