Lot 354
J. J. v. Tschudi, Peru. Reiseskizzen aus den Jahren 1838-1842. 2 Bde. in 1 Bd. St. Gallen 1846.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
354
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Johann Jakob von Tschudi
Tschudi, Johann Jakob von: Peru. Reiseskizzen aus den Jahren 1838-1842. 2 Bde. in 1. St. Gallen: Scheitlin und Zollikofer 1846. 20,8 x 12,6 cm. With a few wood cuts in the text. Xll, 346, VI, 402 pp., 4 leaves (Literarischer Anzeiger). Brown half-leather binding with gold embossed spine title and decoration.
(Cover worn. Spine bleached. Slight brown staining inside.)
Henze V, 357ff.-The naturalist and explorer J. J. von Tschudi published numerous works on the indigenous peoples of South America and their customs. A statue he unlawfully acquired in Bolivia in 1858, the Ekeko stone figure (Pucará figurine), was returned to the National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz in 2014 following a protracted dispute. As a trained zoologist, he confined himself primarily to his field of expertise and collected large quantities of bird skins, mammal pelts, insects and shells.
(Cover worn. Spine bleached. Slight brown staining inside.)
Henze V, 357ff.-The naturalist and explorer J. J. von Tschudi published numerous works on the indigenous peoples of South America and their customs. A statue he unlawfully acquired in Bolivia in 1858, the Ekeko stone figure (Pucará figurine), was returned to the National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz in 2014 following a protracted dispute. As a trained zoologist, he confined himself primarily to his field of expertise and collected large quantities of bird skins, mammal pelts, insects and shells.