South America Ethnographic prints, collection... Lot 588

[South America] Ethnographic prints, collection of 30 18th to 19th cent. Most prints depicting indigenous religious scenes. Var. techniques and sizes, incl. hancol. prints. Comprises a.o.: (1) Three finely handcol. engravings, sheets measuring approx. 42 x 27 cm, by Bernard Picart, from Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, ca. 1730. Comprises: Maniere dont les prêtres Caribes souflent le courage (full-p.); Ceremonie religieuse des habitans de l'isle Espagnolle (full-p.); and Maniere d'allumer le feu sacré, chez lez Peruviens (...)./ Le premier jour de la grande fête su soleil, l'Yncas (...) (two half-p. ills. on 1 sheet). -and other 10 sheets from the same work w. 20 half-p. ills. (2) Gibaro de la Isla de Puerto-rico. Montagnard de l'Isle de Puerto-rico. Handcol. engr. costume print, 26 x 16 cm, by Devere, from Colección de trajes de España, 1777. (3) A 19th cent. map of the French colonies in South America set within rich pictorial border showing a.o. a slave sitting on a crate of coffee. (total 30)