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Principia of ethnology : the origin of races and color, with an archeological compendium of Ethiopian and Egyptian civilization, from years of careful examination and enquiry
- Title
- Principia of ethnology : the origin of races and color, with an archeological compendium of Ethiopian and Egyptian civilization, from years of careful examination and enquiry / by Martin R. Delany.
- Author
- Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Harper & Brothers, publishers, no. 413 Walnut Street, 1879.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 572.3-D (Delany, M.R. Principia of ethnology. 1879) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Harper & Brothers, publisher.
- Description
- 95, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., map.; 21 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Copyright, Harper & Brother. 1879."--verso of title page.
- Last page blank.
- Indexed In (note)
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- The origin of races and color -- The creation of man -- The original man -- The family of Noah -- The origin of races -- How color originates -- Special explanation on color -- The progress of races -- Progress of the black race -- Builders of the pyramids -- Progress in literature -- Their religious polity -- Who were the gods -- Wisdom of Ethiopia and Egypt -- Garden of the Hesperides -- Serpent of the garden -- Modern and ancient Ethiopia -- Comparative elements of civilization.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 572.3-D (Delany, M.R. Principia of ethnology. 1879)
- LCCN
- 05029787
- OCLC
- 16799468
- Author
- Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885.
- Title
- Principia of ethnology : the origin of races and color, with an archeological compendium of Ethiopian and Egyptian civilization, from years of careful examination and enquiry / by Martin R. Delany.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : Harper & Brothers, publishers, no. 413 Walnut Street, 1879.
- Indexed In:
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 579
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 572.3-D (accession no. B526304) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Harper & Brothers, publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 572.3-D (Delany, M.R. Principia of ethnology. 1879)