Lot 44
J. Chalmers, Neuguinea. Reisen und Missionsthätigkeit. Leipzig 1886.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
44
Category:
Geography and work of views
Chalmers, J. u. W. W. Gill: Neuguinea. Reisen und Missionsthätigkeit während der Jahre 1877 bis 1885. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1886. 21,7 x 13,6 cm. With a woodcut frontispiece, 9 further woodcut plates, 1 double-page map and illustrations in the text. XXXIV pp., 304 pp. Original red linen binding with a black-embossed title illustration and border. Gold-embossed inner border and title. Spine decoration and spine title in black. Marbled edges.
(Spine faded. Front cover showing more signs of age.)
Henze I, 539f (Chalmers); and Henze II, 349 (Gill) – First German translation of the title: Work and Adventure in New Guinea, published in London. A work by the two missionaries. “He [Chalmers] played a significant part in bringing the south-eastern coast of New Guinea to light; his arrival marked the beginning of a new era in the island’s missionary history. His reports are of particular ethnographic value” (Henze).
(Spine faded. Front cover showing more signs of age.)
Henze I, 539f (Chalmers); and Henze II, 349 (Gill) – First German translation of the title: Work and Adventure in New Guinea, published in London. A work by the two missionaries. “He [Chalmers] played a significant part in bringing the south-eastern coast of New Guinea to light; his arrival marked the beginning of a new era in the island’s missionary history. His reports are of particular ethnographic value” (Henze).