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Himalaya-Album. Bilder aus den indischen Alpen. Zwanzig heliographische Kupferdrucke nach Originalaufnahmen des Herausgebers, nebst erläuterndem Text und 3 Kartenskizzen.

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Himalaya-Album. Bilder aus den indischen Alpen. Zwanzig heliographische Kupferdrucke nach Originalaufnahmen des Herausgebers, nebst erläuterndem Text und 3 Kartenskizzen.

by Boeck, Karl:

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Baden-Baden, F. Spiess 1894. Folio. (41:31 cm). Mit 3 Karten im Text und 12 (statt 20) Heliogravüre-Tafeln. 10 Bll. Illustriertes Original-Leinen-Portfolio, berieben. leicht fleckig, kleine Bezugsfehlstellen, Gelenke unten geplatzt, Rücken oben und unten etwas lädiert. - Yakushi B 196; Aschoff 219; Perret 514. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. "Rare et recherchée" (Perret). In nur wenigen Exemplaren als Ergänzung zu Boecks "Himalaya. Lieder und Bilder" erschienenes Album. Die den Heliogravüren zugrunde liegenden Fotografien entstanden teils auf seiner 1890 zusammen mit Hans Kehrer unternommenen Expedition zum Himalaya. Es fehlen die Bilder "Bhutia - Fürstentochter aus Darjeeling", "Buddhistische Priester", "Naini Tal", "Phurkia-Schutzhütte", "Kumaon-Hirten", "Notbrücke über die Fälle des Ram Ganga", "Schutzhütte in Milam" und "Badrinat". Text auf 5 losen Doppelbll. - Textbll. leicht gebräunt, das Doppelbl. mit dem englischen Titel u. Inhaltsverzeichnis am Falz geteilt; alle der losen Tafeln gebräunt, 2 mit Wasserfleck quer durch das Bild (Kaptcham u. Mount Everest). First edition, rare. Contains 12 (of 20) photogravures. Published in only a few copies as a supplement to Boeck's "Himalaya. Songs and Pictures". Some of the photographs on which the heliogravures are based were taken during his expedition to the Himalayas in 1890 together with Hans Kehrer. Lacking 8 plates (see above). - Slight browning to the text; english title-page split at the fold; all plates browned, large waterstain to 2 of the plates (see above). Loose in original pictorial cloth folder, somewhat worn.

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Himalaya-Album. Bilder aus den indischen Alpen. Zwanzig heliographische Kupferdrucke nach Originalaufnahmen des Herausgebers, nebst erläuterndem Text und 3 Kartenskizzen.
Author
Boeck, Karl:
Book Condition
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Binding
Hardcover
Keywords
Asien

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