Lot 195
R. Leonhard, Paphlagonia. Berlin 1915.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
195
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Richard Leonhard
Leonhard, Richard: Paphlagonia. Reisen und Forschungen im nördlichen Kleinasien. Berlin: D. Reimer (E. Vohsen) 1915. 27,3 x 18,8 cm. Includes 2 large maps, folded several times, loose in the cover flap, as well as 37 plates and numerous text illustrations. Original linen, with gold-stamped title labels on the spine and front cover.
(Slightly rubbed and bumped. The flyleaf at the front is missing; the title page bears a small handwritten owner’s note; there are a few isolated finger marks and some slight browning.)
First edition of this important travel account from northern Turkey. Richard Leonhard (1870–1916), a geographer and geologist from Breslau, was director of the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul and undertook three expeditions to Asia Minor. The ‘Leonhard Trail’ in present-day Turkey is named after him. The journeys described in this volume mainly concern that part of Asia Minor which bore this name in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ‘The ancient name must be reinstated, as the Turks have not coined any geographical names for the area’ (see Preface).
(Slightly rubbed and bumped. The flyleaf at the front is missing; the title page bears a small handwritten owner’s note; there are a few isolated finger marks and some slight browning.)
First edition of this important travel account from northern Turkey. Richard Leonhard (1870–1916), a geographer and geologist from Breslau, was director of the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul and undertook three expeditions to Asia Minor. The ‘Leonhard Trail’ in present-day Turkey is named after him. The journeys described in this volume mainly concern that part of Asia Minor which bore this name in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ‘The ancient name must be reinstated, as the Turks have not coined any geographical names for the area’ (see Preface).