Potocki´s work on Somalia 1897 with plates
Klubbat för:
7500 SEK
Utropspris
10 000-12 000 SEK
Beskrivning
SOMALIA. POTOCKI, JOSEF. Notatki Mysliwskie Z Afryki. Somali . [= Big Game Hunting in Somalia]. Warszawa (Gebethner I Wolff, z drukarni W. L. Anczyca) 1897.
Folio (391x310 mm.). (2), (2), 3-133, (3, last 2 blank) pp. Coloured frontispiece (photograph. colour facsimile, some foxing), folding partly coloured lithograph map (tear in the folding), 18 partly folding double partly coloured lithograph plates Piotr Stachiewicz (all, partly foxed), coloured illustrations in text.
Decorated orginal cloth, worn, spotted, small crack in lower joint, somewhat week in the binding, last sheet loose. 1 leaf with marginal tear. Old library stamp on first endpaper.
First edition of a rare book on big game hunting in Africa.
Joseph Potocki (1862-1922), Polish count, lead an hunting expedition in Somalia 1895-1896. The book is illustrated by the polish artist Piotr Stachiewicz (1858-1938).
Photo.
Auktionsnummer:
6365
Datum:
2015-06-16