[EARLY RUSSIAN GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES / THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICA OF THE NAUK] Отдел северной Америки / Otdel severnoj Ameriki [i.e., North American division]

[RATHNER-] SHTERNBERG, S[ARRA] A. (1870-1942). Akademiya NAUK Putevoditel’ Po Muzeyu Antropologii i Etnografii, Izdatelstvo Akademiya NAUK SSR, Leningrad, 1929. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. [2], 102, [2] p., b/w ills. intext, viii numbered plates and one folded map (unfolded size 31,5x28,5 cm), of an ethnographic map of North America. The spine shows wear, with some stains on the front cover, and age-toned margins on the pages. Overall, a good copy. The first and only edition of this rare guide to the collection of North American ethnography in the American Department of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (MAE) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Although the work began under the direction of Professor Leo Shternberg (1861–1927) in 1912, coinciding with his founding of the American Department, it was completed posthumously by his assistant and widow, Sarra Shternberg. This guide represents a significant contribution to the field of American ethnographic