South America - Chile Guevara, Tomas Historia de la civilizacion de Araucania. 3 vols. With 1 folded lithograph. Map and 34, of which 4 folded hectograph. Plates after drawings and photos. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Cervantes, 1898-1902. 309 (1) p., 1 pl. (errata), 672, 520 p. 8°. HLdr. d. Zt. (stamped "Encadernation del Patronato San Isidoro, Santiago") w. gold embossed RTit., marbled boards. Covers and partly speckled. Cut. First edition of the only comprehensive, richly illustrated monograph on the Mapuche in Chile, dedication copy. - Not in Sabin and Henze. - Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano, vol. 3, p. 427 (lists the year of publication of the 2nd and 3rd volumes as 1900). - Extremely rare in the trade, for us only traceable in two single volumes at auctions for more than 60 years. - Extensive treatise by the Chilean historian and ethnologist Tomás Guevara Silva on the Mapuche, whose settlement area is mainly in the Araucania region in southern Chile. Unlike most other indigenous groups in Central and South America, the Mapuche successfully resisted colonisation until the 1880s. Their efforts to separate themselves continue to this day. - The hectographed plates with maps, plans, portraits of indigenous people and Chilean military personnel, printed music, jewellery, weapons, etc., are in German. - Provenance: With eh. Dedication of the author on title page of vol. 1: "A mi estimado pariente Arturo L. de Guevara. T Guevara. - Bindings rubbed and slightly bumped, title page of vol. Vol. 1 with owner's stamp, paper browned, otherwise a solid copy of this rare volume. South America. - Chile - With 1 folding lithographed map and 34, where of 4 folding hectogaphic plates after drawings and photos. - First edition of this most comprehensive and richly illustrated monograph on the Mapuche in Chile, our copy inscribed by the author. - Not in Sabin and Henze. - Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano, vol. 3, p. 427 (states 1900 as the year of publication of the 2nd and 3rd volumes). - Extremely rare in the trade, only single volumes have been available at auction within the last 60 years. - Extensive treatise by the Chilean historian and ethnologist Tomás Guevara Silva on the Mapuche, whose settlement area is mainly in the Araucania region in southern Chile. Unlike most other indigenous groups in Central and South America, the Mapuche successfully resisted colonisation until the 1880s. The Mapuche's often violent efforts to separate themselves continue to this day. - The hectographed plates with maps, plans, portraits of indigenous people as well as Chilean military personnel, printed musical cords, jewellery, weapons, etc. - Provenance: Inscribed by the author on the title page of vol. 1: 'A mi estimado pariente Arturo L. de Guevara. T Guevara. - Covers worn and slightly bumped at corners and edges, title page with owner's stamp, paper time-stained, otherwise a well preserved copy of this rare work. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.