Lot 260

Research trip S.M.S. "Planet" 1906/07. 5 volumes in 6.. Berlin 1909.

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Lot: 260
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Reichs-Marine-Amt (Hrsg.)
Reichs-Marine-Amt (Hrsg.): Forschungsreise S.M.S. "Planet" 1906/07. 5 volumes in 6. Berlin: Karl Siegismund 1909. 29,6 x 22,8 cm. Containing a total of 60 plates and maps, some in colour, some large, mounted on linen and folded several times, as well as illustrations within the text. XVIII pp., 104 pp., 1 blank leaf; 2 leaves, 124 pp., 18 pp. (diagrams); IX pp., 1 blank page, 153 pp., 1 unnumbered page; V pp., 1 blank page, 198 pp.; X pp., 152 pp., 1 leaf, 12 pp. (music); 1 leaf. Original blue paper-bound volumes with white-embossed titles and spine titles.

(The edges of the bindings are bumped and scuffed. The spine is discoloured.)

Volume I – Travelogue / Volume II – Aerology / Volume III – Oceanography / Plates accompanying Volume III / Volume IV – Biology / Volume V – Anthropology and Ethnography. Covers the scientific expedition of the German survey vessel through the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the South China Sea. Authors include Lübbert, Lebahn, Krämer, Hambruch, Hornbostel, Kurtz, Schweppe, Brennecke, Gräf, etc.