Lot 314
J. Spillmann, Vom Cap zum Sambesi. Freiburg, 1882.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
314
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Joseph Spillmann
Spillmann, Joseph: Vom Cap zum Sambesi. Die Anfänge der Sambesi-Mission. Aus den Tagebüchern des P. Terörde S. J. und aus den Berichten der andern Missionäre dargestellt. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder 1882. 23 x 15 cm. With a portrait frontispiece, 4 maps, 5 double-page or folded plates, and numerous woodcuts in the text. XV pp., 1 unnumbered page, 432 pp. Original linen binding.
(Slightly rubbed. Spine showing traces of a removed ‘R’. Bookplate of the Capuchin Library in Passau on the front endpaper. The fold-out plate has a small tear along the fold. Slightly browned, with some light foxing in places.)
Kainbacher 455. - First edition of this early and richly illustrated work on the history of Catholic missions in southern Africa.
(Slightly rubbed. Spine showing traces of a removed ‘R’. Bookplate of the Capuchin Library in Passau on the front endpaper. The fold-out plate has a small tear along the fold. Slightly browned, with some light foxing in places.)
Kainbacher 455. - First edition of this early and richly illustrated work on the history of Catholic missions in southern Africa.