Early Anthropology — some useful primary texts
BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich
Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte (vol. 1, 1790)
http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?IDDOC=110312weeblylink_new_window
Handbuch der Naturgeschichte (2nd ed., 1782)
http://books.google.com/books?id=l7oBIw36XBcC&dq=inauthor%3Ablumenbach&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
Über den Bildungstrieb (3rd. ed., 1791)
http://books.google.com/books?id=GdwKAAAAIAAJ&dq=inauthor%3Ablumenbach&lr=lang_de&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
*The website of the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum also hosts an enormous collection of lesser known texts by Blumenbach: http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/weeblylink_new_window
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc
Allgemeine Naturgeschichte (vol. 1, 1771; including the introductory essay 'Von der besten Art, die Naturgeschichte zu erlernen und vorzutragen')
http://books.google.com/books?id=Go05AAAAcAAJ&dq=intitle%3AAllgemeine%20intitle%3ANaturgeschichte%20inauthor%3ABuffon&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 6., reprint 1785; incl. 'Naturgeschichte vom Menschen')
http://books.google.com/books?id=8oQ5AAAAcAAJ&dq=intitle%3AAllgemeine%20intitle%3ANaturgeschichte%20inauthor%3ABuffon&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
Discours sur le Style (org. 1753; reprint 1777)
http://books.google.com/books?id=-UMAAAAAQAAJ&dq=intitle%3Ahistoire%20intitle%3Anaturelle%20inauthor%3ABuffon&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1777&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1778&as_brr=1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
*A complete French edition of Buffon's works can be found here:
http://www.buffon.cnrs.fr/weeblylink_new_window
CAMPER, Petrus
Sämmtliche kleinere Schriften (vol. 1, 1784)
http://books.google.com/books?id=_tQGAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 2, 1785)
http://books.google.com/books?id=EtUGAAAAcAAJ&dq=inauthor%3Acamper%20inauthor%3Apetrus&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 3, 1788)
http://books.google.com/books?id=KNUGAAAAcAAJ&dq=inauthor%3Acamper%20inauthor%3Apetrus&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
de PAUW, Cornelius
Philosophische Untersuchungen über die Amerikaner (vol. 1, 1769)
http://books.google.com/books?id=Uno6AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(the title page of this volume is missing in the google scan; the complete bibliographical information is: Herr von P***: Philosophische Untersuchungen über die Amerikaner, oder wichtige Beyträge zur Geschichte des menschlichen Geschlechts. [Berlin: G.J. Decker / G.L. Winter, 1769]
(vol. 2, 1769)
http://books.google.com/books?id=YHo6AAAAcAAJ&dq=inauthor%3Ade%20inauthor%3APauw&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains (vol. 1, 1771)
http://books.google.com/books?id=NLUbrkDNEYIC&dq=intitle%3ARecherches%20intitle%3APhilosophiques%20inauthor%3APauw&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 2, 1772)
http://books.google.com/books?id=BCAUAAAAQAAJ&dq=intitle%3ARecherches%20intitle%3APhilosophiques%20inauthor%3APauw&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 3, Défense des Recherches philosophiques, 1777)
http://books.google.com/books?id=xGIwAAAAYAAJ&dq=intitle%3ARecherches%20intitle%3APhilosophiques%20inauthor%3APauw&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PR4#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
SOEMMERRING, Samuel Thomas
Über die körperliche Verschiedenheit des Negers vom Europäer (1785)
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQAOAAAAYAAJ&dq=inauthor%3Asoemmerring&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
le VAILLANT, François
Reise in das Innere von Afrika (reprint 1796; 2 vols.; with annotations by Johann Reinhold Forster)
http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=293609weeblylink_new_window
Original French edition of the of the same book:
Voyage dans l' intérieur de l' Afrique (1790)
(vol. 1)
http://books.google.com/books?id=4lgUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window
(vol. 2)
http://books.google.com/books?id=81gUAAAAQAAJ&dq=inauthor%3ALe%20inauthor%3AVaillant%20inauthor%3AFran%C3%A7ois&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q=&f=falseweeblylink_new_window