Purmann - Sitten un meinungen der wilden in Amerika (1790)

Purmann, Johann Georg. Sitten und meinungen der wilden in Amerika. Mit kupfern . Letzte verbesserte auflage. Wien [Vienna]: in Verlag bey F. A. Schrämbl, 1790. (165 x 105 mm) pp. vi, [Table], 1-391, π4, A-Z8, Aa8, Bb4. Text complete; 10 illustrations in good condition, lacks second copper illustration for p. 371 and extant copper illustration for p. 371 wants part of the image. Bound in full calf with gilt stamped decorations of the time along spine. Top end band chipped and edges bumped. Spine is strong. Fly leaves and pastedown in paste-paper. Sitten und Meinungen der Wilden in Amerika (1790) by Johann Georg Purmann is an Enlightenment-era ethnographic work that compiles and comments on European accounts of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, including their religious beliefs, customs, and societal organization. Though its perspective is dated and often filtered through colonial and missionary interpretations, it provides a snapshot of how Europeans understood (or misunderstood)