Lot 21
C. Bock, Unter den Kannibalen auf Borneo. Jena 1882.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
21
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Carl Bock
Bock, Carl: Unter den Kannibalen auf Borneo. Eine Reise auf dieser Insel und auf Sumatra. Einzig autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe. Aus dem Englischen [von R. Springer]. Mit einleitendem Vorwort von Alfred Kirchhoff. Jena: Hermann Costenoble 1882. 24,4 x 17,4 cm. With a colour lithographic frontispiece and 30 further plates (27 of which are in colour, one in half-colour), a colour fold-out map and 6 half-pages of text. XIX pp., 1 unnumbered page, 1 leaf, 407 pp., 1 unnumbered page. Original green linen binding with gold-stamped title and spine title, and spine decoration; black and blind-stamped borders and marbled spine decoration
(The cover is scuffed. The binding has come apart at the front, and the cover, including the spine, is now attached by just a single strip of binding.)
Henze 1, p. 280. – Bock devotes a large part of his work to the Dayak people – their villages, costumes, artefacts, tattoos, etc.
(The cover is scuffed. The binding has come apart at the front, and the cover, including the spine, is now attached by just a single strip of binding.)
Henze 1, p. 280. – Bock devotes a large part of his work to the Dayak people – their villages, costumes, artefacts, tattoos, etc.