Lot 86
O. Finsch, Südseearbeiten. Hamburg 1914.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
86
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Otto Finsch
Finsch, Otto: Südseearbeiten. Gewerbe- und Kunstfleiß, Tauschmittel und "Geld" der Eingeborenen auf Grundlage der Rohstoffe und der geographischen Verbreitung. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co. 1914. 27,5 x 19,3 cm. With 584 illustrations on XXX plates, 2 of which are in color, each accompanied by an explanatory sheet. XII pp., 605 pp., 30 sheets (plate captions). 2 sheets (advertisements). Black half-linen with marbled endpapers. Gold-stamped title on the spine.
(Brown-edged. Handwritten entry on the reverse side of the series title.)
Proceedings of the Hamburg Colonial Institute, Volume XIV. Series B. Ethnology, Cultural History, and Languages, Volume 9. The plates by A. Strohmeyer and O. Finsch. The zoologist and ethnographer O. Finsch (1839–1917) undertook several research expeditions to the South Pacific. - From the library of the ethnologist and sociologist Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann (1904–1988); ownership notation on the blank recto page of the series title.
(Brown-edged. Handwritten entry on the reverse side of the series title.)
Proceedings of the Hamburg Colonial Institute, Volume XIV. Series B. Ethnology, Cultural History, and Languages, Volume 9. The plates by A. Strohmeyer and O. Finsch. The zoologist and ethnographer O. Finsch (1839–1917) undertook several research expeditions to the South Pacific. - From the library of the ethnologist and sociologist Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann (1904–1988); ownership notation on the blank recto page of the series title.