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Delon - Hoebanx

90 - RIVIÈRE, Émile. Discovery of a Palaeolithic human skeleton i…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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RIVIÈRE, Émile. Discovery of a Palaeolithic human skeleton in the caves of Baoussé-Roussé, known as the Menton Caves. Paris, J. J. Baillière et fils; Menton, published by the author, 1873. 1 vol. in-4. 64 pp, 2 plates of photographs. Paperback, printed covers. Indicated as a second edition. Complete with both original albumen photographs by Messrs Jean-Baptiste Anfossi and Radiguet: full-length view and skull. Partially published in the *Archives des missions scientifiques*. Émile Rivière was deputy director of the laboratory at the Collège de France, president of the Société préhistorique de France, and director at the École des Hautes-Études of the Collège de France. Clean inside. The spine and the back cover are missing; there is a tear in the margins of the front cover, with some minor water stains. A small section of page 55 is missing and has been glued to the following page.
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About the sale Nice and the French Riviera: Over 200 lots – Mr X’s Collection – Antique books, pamphlets, documents, manuscripts and collectable historical papers, photographs and tourist posters
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Auction time 07/01/2026 at 2:15 PM
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