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SCHÉRER, Jean-Benoît (1741-1824). Recherches historiques et géographiques sur le nouveau-monde. Paris: Brunet, 1777.
The first edition of one of the earliest works to suggest the role of the Bering land bridge in human migration. Schérer theorized, based on linguistic and archaeological evidence, that Native Americans arrived in North America from Asia by way of the Bering Strait. From the library of Serge Sobolewski, an intimate of Pushkin and Lermontov, as well as a note bibliophile and bibliographer. Lada-Mocarski 27; Sabin 77608; Tourville 4000; Wickersham 5950.
Octavo (199 x 123mm). 8 engraved plates, one engraved folding map (some light browning; one gathering sprung). Contemporary mottled calf, edges marbled (worn). Provenance: Serge Alexandrovitch Sobolewski(1803-1870; bookplate; sold 1873) – Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts.
The first edition of one of the earliest works to suggest the role of the Bering land bridge in human migration. Schérer theorized, based on linguistic and archaeological evidence, that Native Americans arrived in North America from Asia by way of the Bering Strait. From the library of Serge Sobolewski, an intimate of Pushkin and Lermontov, as well as a note bibliophile and bibliographer. Lada-Mocarski 27; Sabin 77608; Tourville 4000; Wickersham 5950.
Octavo (199 x 123mm). 8 engraved plates, one engraved folding map (some light browning; one gathering sprung). Contemporary mottled calf, edges marbled (worn). Provenance: Serge Alexandrovitch Sobolewski(1803-1870; bookplate; sold 1873) – Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts.