Lot 254
N. v. Prschewalski, Reisen in Tibet. Jena 1884.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
254
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Nikolai Michailowitsch von Prschewalski
Prschewalski, Nikolai Michailowitsch von: Reisen in Tibet und am oberen Lauf des Gelben Flusses in den Jahren 1879 bis 1880. Aus dem Russischen frei in das Deutsche übertragen und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Stein-Nordheim. Jena: H. Costenoble 1884. With 16 tinted lithographs and 1 folded color map. XIV pp., 281 pp., 1 unnumbered p. Brown half-leather with title on the spine.
(Scuffed and bumped, more so along the edges. Upper capital cut off and included.)
Aschoff 1456. Yakushi (1994), p. 296. — First German edition. Prschewalski’s third and “most significant expedition.” Nikolai Mikhailovich Prschewalski was a Russian officer and explorer. Prschewalski died during his fifth expedition in the town of Karakol on Lake Issyk-Kul. Critics accuse Prschewalski of arrogant behavior and racism. Sven Hedin visited his grave in 1891.
(Scuffed and bumped, more so along the edges. Upper capital cut off and included.)
Aschoff 1456. Yakushi (1994), p. 296. — First German edition. Prschewalski’s third and “most significant expedition.” Nikolai Mikhailovich Prschewalski was a Russian officer and explorer. Prschewalski died during his fifth expedition in the town of Karakol on Lake Issyk-Kul. Critics accuse Prschewalski of arrogant behavior and racism. Sven Hedin visited his grave in 1891.