Lot 326

E. Stephan u. F. Graebner (Publisher), Neu-Mecklenburg (Bismarck-Archipel). Berlin 1907.

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€ 300
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€ 200
Lot: 326
Category: Geography and work of views
Stephan, Emil u. Fritz Graebner: Neu-Mecklenburg (Bismarck-Archipel). Die Küste von Umuddu bis Kap St. Georg. Forschungsergebnisse bei den Vermessungsfahrten von S.M.S. Möwe im Jahre 1904. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen) 1907. 27,3 x 18,4 cm. With a frontispiece, 9 further plates and a folded map in the supplementary booklet, 3 sheets of sheet music, plus numerous illustrations of the text. 12* pp., 242 pp., 1 folio. Original blue linen binding with gold-embossed title. Title illustration.

(Cover shows signs of age and wear. Pages have slight foxing. The holder for the supplementary booklet is missing.)

Emil Stephan took part in the China Expedition in 1900–01 as an assistant naval surgeon. From 1904 onwards, Stephan served as a staff surgeon on board the survey vessel Möwe in German New Guinea.