Sven Hedin in Central Asia 1899-1902
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CHINA - HEDINS EXPLORATION ON CENTRAL ASIA. (10). HEDIN, SVEN. Scientific results of a journey in Central Asia 1899-1902. I-IV + V:1-2 + VI:1-3 + maps 1-2 (in 3 maps). Stockholm (Generalstabens litografiska anstalt) 1904-07.
4:o, atlas volumes in folio. 420 plates and maps (36 of which are double-page or folding and many of which are in colour) + 13 plates with 52 meteorological maps, Atlas volumes 85 double-page maps and 13 double-page plates with 27 facsimiles of Hedin´s original maps. TOGETHER WITH:
CONRADY, AUGUST (ED). Die chinesischen Handschriften- und sonstigen Kleinfunde Sven Hedins in Lou-lan. Stockholm (Generalstabens litografiska anstalt) 1920.
4:o. 53 plates (6 folding, 3 coloured).
Text volumes uniformly bound in seven volumes, in half reindeer skin, maps 1-2 unbound in damaged wrappers. 7 volumes and 3 maps.
Hess, p. 49 (collation of plates and maps incorrect). Hess says that Conrady´s work was depending on various circumstances published as late as 1920, and should be considered as a work in itself, not as part of the Scientific results.
Hedin travelled from Russian Tirkestan to Kashgar, along the Tarim River into the Lop Desert and Eastern Tibet. In May 1901, he left Charkhlik, on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, intending to cross Tibet in a diagonal direction to the sources of the Indus river. On his final penetration southward, he was stopped within five days´ journey of Lhasa, whereupon he turned his caravan westward towards Leh and India.
The first four volumes of this record of Hedin´s important exploration of Central Asia were written by Sven Hedin himself. Vol. I-II represent an important and lasting contribution to the geography of the area. They deal, respectively, with the Tarim River and Lop-Nor. The 3rd and 4th volumes deals with North and East Tibet and Central and West Tibet.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6155
Datum:
2016-06-21