Lot 102

R. Gerstmann, Chile. Paris 1932.

Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot: 102
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Robert Gerstmann
Gerstmann, Robert: Chile. 280 grabados en cobre. Paris: Braun & Co. 1932. 31 x 24 cm. With a frontispiece, 280 black-and-white illustrations based on photographs and 1 folded map. 66 pp., 3 leaves. Original paperback in a protective slipcase. Cover illustration and coat of arms printed on the cover.

(Map with a small tear. Water stain on the spine. Generally discoloured.)

Foreword and captions for the illustrations in Spanish, German, French and English. Handwritten owner’s inscription on the endpaper.

Gerstmann was an engineer, born in Vienna, who later became a photographer and emigrated to Chile in the 1930s.