Lot 208
C. E. Meinicke, Die Inseln des stillen Oceans. 2 parts in 1 volume. Leipzig 1875-76.
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€ 200
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€ 140
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.
(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.