Rare book «The beginning of civilization», St. Petersburg, 1896

Our online store of elite gifts and souvenirs fama.ua offers you an exclusive rare edition in the original binding by John Lubbock, a British encyclopaedist, politician, archaeologist, banker, and biologist, entitled The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man.  Without a doubt, this edition has scientific, historical, cultural and museum value, being a unique antique copy and a bibliographic rarity. The book is of collectible interest, being the author’s lifetime work.

In his work, the author describes the culture, customs, social system, as well as religion, the marriage system, and family ties, language, concepts of law, morality, and life of the so-called “modern savages,” people who live in the initial stages of the development of civilization, in various tribes. According to the British author, these studies can help us to gain a more accurate understanding of the customs of our ancestors: primitive people who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Those who are interested in history, archaeology and keen on the study of antiquities will certainly be interested in this book. It will familiarize its readers with informative and previously unknown data, becoming the most valuable copy in the home library.

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Edited by Dmitrīĭ Andreevich Koropchevskīĭ. – the second edition revised and enlarged edition using the 5th English edition for referential purposes (1889). – Saint-Petersburg: M.M. Lederle, censorship 1896.
Book Size: 25 х 17.5 х 2 cm; 370, III pages, 7 illustrations.
Number of pages: 370