Lot 365
H. Vogel-Hamburg, Eine Forschungsreise im Bismarck-Archipel. Hamburg, 1911.
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€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
365
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Hans Vogel-Hamburg
Vogel-Hamburg, Hans: Eine Forschungsreise im Bismarck-Archipel. Mit einer Einführung von G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen 1911. 25,2 x 19,7 cm. With 6 colour plates based on the author’s drawings, 1 folded overview map and 106 full-page illustrations in the text. XVI, 307 pp. Original half-leather binding
(Slightly discoloured due to the paper.)
From the series ‘Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung’, though without a volume number. – First volume on the German expedition to Polynesia and Melanesia, 1908–1910. - With a foreword by Thilenius, Director of the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology; he co-ordinated the expedition from Hamburg, as he himself was not considered fit for tropical conditions. He is regarded as one of the most influential ethnologists of the early 20th century in the German-speaking world.
(Slightly discoloured due to the paper.)
From the series ‘Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung’, though without a volume number. – First volume on the German expedition to Polynesia and Melanesia, 1908–1910. - With a foreword by Thilenius, Director of the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology; he co-ordinated the expedition from Hamburg, as he himself was not considered fit for tropical conditions. He is regarded as one of the most influential ethnologists of the early 20th century in the German-speaking world.