Lot 332
H. Stumm, Aus Chiwa. Berlin 1873.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
332
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Hugo Stumm
Stumm, Hugo: Aus Chiwa. Berichte. Berlin: E. S. Mittler & Sohn 1873. 24 x 16 cm. With 5 lithographic maps and plans, some of which are folded. 3 leaves, II, 129 pp. Half-leather across 4 bands.
(Worn and bumped. Title page with crossed-out notes; final page bearing a Breslau inventory number.)
A rare expedition report on the capture of the oasis town of Khiva (Xiva) in Uzbekistan by the Russian military in 1873. Stumm was “a lieutenant in the 1st Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 8, currently attached to the Russian headquarters.”
(Worn and bumped. Title page with crossed-out notes; final page bearing a Breslau inventory number.)
A rare expedition report on the capture of the oasis town of Khiva (Xiva) in Uzbekistan by the Russian military in 1873. Stumm was “a lieutenant in the 1st Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 8, currently attached to the Russian headquarters.”