Boemus, Joannes.

Omnium gentium mores, leges et ritus ex multis clarissi misrerum scriptoribus a Ioanne Boemo Aubano Teutonico nuper collecti et novissimus recogniti.

      Tribus libris absolutum opus, Aphricam, Asiam et Europam describentibus.... necnon Mathiae Amichou de Sarmatia Asiana atque Europea libri duo... Venetiis, 1542. Small 8vo., 291p., 11 ll. and woodengraved printers mark on last leave. New Vellum with new leather strings in an old style with lettering. *Sabin 106330; Palau 31246. Hans Böhm (1485-1535) was a german priest in Ulm and the earliest Ethnologist and this work was first published in 1520 and frequently reprinted. It is a compilation in which he describes the mores and habits of diverse peoples of the world than known... it is divided in 5 books and includes an annotated index. It also has several nice woodengraved initials (letters). Some few underlining and notes in the margins in an old hand. Some slight wormholes at the end without touching the text. With an ex libris of Colonel Ph. Milou.