Lot 144

E. Holub, Sieben Jahre in Süd-Afrika. 2 Vol. Wien 1881.

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€ 200
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€ 140
Lot: 144
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Emil Holub
Holub, Emil: Sieben Jahre in Süd-Afrika Vienna: Hölder 1881. 23,3 x 16 cm. With 4 maps and 235 illustrations in the text, many of them full-page. XV pp., 528 pp.; IX pp., 532 pp. Brown original linen with a embossed illustration in black and gold.

(Slightly scuffed. Slightly tanned. The pages are stained with brown spots.)

Kainbacher 206., Henze II, 615. - The maps are: Vol. I: Overview map of Dr Holub’s travels in South Africa 1872–1879; Vol. II: Special map of the central part of East Bamangwato and West Matabele; Victoria Falls on the Zambezi; Dr Holub’s boat journeys along the central course of the Zambezi from Makumba Bay to the Nambwe Cataract (South Barotse).