Lot 98
A. Gabriel, Im weltfernen Orient. München a. Berlin 1929.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
98
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Alfons Gabriel
Gabriel, Alfons: Im weltfernen Orient. München a. Berlin: R. Oldenbourg 1929. 24,3 x 16,1 cm. Includes 1 folded general map, 5 detailed maps and 116 photographic illustrations. XV pp., 365 pp., 1 unnumbered page (advertisements), 1 unnumbered page (corrections). Original linen binding with a green-embossed title and spine title. Head edge stained (green).
(The edges, inner edges and cut are slightly discoloured and stained.)
Gabriel was a doctor and explorer; together with his wife, he explored the Lut and Kawir deserts in 1927–28, 1933 and 1937, and in doing so became the first European to cross the Lut Desert.
(The edges, inner edges and cut are slightly discoloured and stained.)
Gabriel was a doctor and explorer; together with his wife, he explored the Lut and Kawir deserts in 1927–28, 1933 and 1937, and in doing so became the first European to cross the Lut Desert.