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Elephants and Ethnologists by Smith, G. Elliot
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1924 VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. A superb copy of this extraordinary work in ethnology: crisp, super clean, solid, light rubbing to edges of boards only, no markings of any kind, no foxing. Approx. 8" x 10", 135 pages, 9 figures and 52 plates featuring woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton, index. - The author advances his theory that the pre-Columbian civilization of North America was, during the first 1200 years of the Christian era, populated by immigrants from India, China, Cambodia and Micronesia. They present evidence of the use of elephant figures and riders wearing turbans in stone sculptures, monuments, manuscripts and carvings - art work done by people who had supposedly never seen, nor heard of, elephants from India. . Hard Cover.
- Bookseller: Bruce McLeod
 (CA)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 007085
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place: London
- Date published: 1924
- Keywords: plates featuring woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton. The author advances his theory that the pre-Columbian civilization of America was, during the first 1200 years of the Christian era, populated by immigrants from India, China, Cambodia
- Subjects:
ART / General;
EDUCATION / History;
HISTORY / Asia / General;
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