Lot 208

C. E. Meinicke, Die Inseln des stillen Oceans. 2 parts in 1 volume. Leipzig 1875-76.

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Lot: 208
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Carl Eduard Meinicke
Meinicke, Carl Eduard: Die Inseln des Stillen Oceans, eine geographische Monographie. 2 parts in 1 volume. Leipzig: Paul Frohberg 1875-76. 21,9 x 14,8 cm. VIII pp., 382 pp., 2 sheets, 1 loose sheet, 2 pp.; 1 additional p., VI pp., 1 sheet, 487 pp., 1 additional p. Later, half-linen.

(Both titles have missing sections in the right-hand margin. Tanned and with brown spots.)

Volume I: Melanesia and New Zealand, and Volume II: Polynesia and Micronesia. Meinicke was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the most thorough experts on the Polynesian archipelago, even though he had never travelled there.