Interesting and rare China atlas by von Richthofen
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ATLAS. RARE ATLAS OF CHINA. RICHTHOFEN, F. (Baron) VON. Atlas von China. Ortographische und geologische Karten. Erste Abtheilung: Das nördliche China. Berlin (D. Reimer) 1885.
Oblong imperial folio. Atlas with 26 coloured lithographed maps (all, 1 with some light spotting in margin, a few with soiled margins). Lacking text, index and one title. With upper wrapper and title to the second part of the atlas (wrapper with minor repaired tear in margin and repaired corner). Also withbound a pink advertisment paper for "Einband-Decke" and a 4-page prospect dated december 1884 and printed 1885. Later half cloth, slightly worn at corners. Rare.
Cordier I, 97, Henze IV, 613, Phillips 3191 (the first vol.). See also Löwendahl: China illustrata nova, 1489. Only the first atlas volume.
Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), famous German geographer, geologist and traveller. His journeys in China and Japan between 1868-72 resulted in this work. He was appointed professor in Leipzig, Bonn and Berlin. Among others, he had the swedish explorer Sven Hedin as a student. Manfred von Richthofen, the flying ace "the Red Baron" during World War I, was his nephew.
The work, "China. Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und darauf begründeter Studien", consits of 5 text volumes and 2 atlases, published 1877-85, three posthumous volymes appeared in1911 and 1912 (the second atlas). The work is extremely hard to find complete, they are almost always sold seperately at the market. It is considered to be the first scientific atlas about China, and for a long period the only work of reference avaliable.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
6375
Datum:
2015-06-16