Lot 272
H. v. Rosenberg, Der malayische Archipel. Leipzig 1878.
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€ 200
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Lot:
272
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Geography and work of views
Rosenberg, C. B. H. v.: Der malayische Archipel. Land und Leute in Schilderungen, gesammelt während eines Dreissig-jährigen Aufenthaltes in den Kolonien. 3 Teile in 1 Band. Leipzig: Verlag von Gustav Weigel 1878. 21,4 x 14,2 cm. With a frontispiece, 2 folded maps and illustrations in the text. 1 leaf, VI pp., XVI pp., pp. (9)–(615), 1 unnumbered page. Green linen binding with a gold-lettered title and gold-embossed spine decoration, marbled edges.
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ADB XXIX, 204. - Carl Benjamin Hermann, Baron von Rosenberg (1817–1888) was a German naturalist, geographer and zoologist in the service of the Dutch East Indies Army. He spent most of his time in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), where the native Rosenberg’s prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) was named after him.
(Spine slightly rubbed.)
ADB XXIX, 204. - Carl Benjamin Hermann, Baron von Rosenberg (1817–1888) was a German naturalist, geographer and zoologist in the service of the Dutch East Indies Army. He spent most of his time in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), where the native Rosenberg’s prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) was named after him.