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A very scarce complete two volume set of works by zoologist Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, abundantly illustrated throughout. A very scarce complete two volume set of works on Vikings.The first editions.In publisher's original decorative red cloth bindings.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, and an abundance of in text illustrations throughout.Written by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, a French-American traveler, zoologist, andanthropologist.Chaillu became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later thePygmypeople ofcentral Africa. He later researched theprehistory of Scandinavia.This set of works explore the Viking age, illustrated from the antiquities discovered in mounds, cairns, and bogs as well as from the ancient sagas and eddas. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, with fading. Spotting and age toning to endpapers. Bookseller's sticker to rear paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot and light age toning. Ink inscription to first blank of both volumes. Very Good
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