Lot 140
F. Hernsheim, Südsee-Erinnerungen. Berlin 1883.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
140
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Franz Hernsheim
Hernsheim, Franz: Südsee-Erinnerungen (1875-1880). Berlin: A. Hoffmann & Comp. (1883). 29,3 x 22,4 cm. With 1 colour frontispiece, 12 colour lithographs on plates and further full-page black-and-white illustrations. IV pp., 1 leaf, 109 pp. Illustrated, red original half-linen binding. Marbled edges.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped, with damage to the cloth. Brown stains. The binding is loose at the front.)
Henze VI, 31 – The lithographs depict landscapes, indigenous people, tools, etc. ‘A sense of impending doom pervades the prints.’ (Henze).
(The cover is scuffed and bumped, with damage to the cloth. Brown stains. The binding is loose at the front.)
Henze VI, 31 – The lithographs depict landscapes, indigenous people, tools, etc. ‘A sense of impending doom pervades the prints.’ (Henze).