SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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HERNSHEIM, Franz.
Dr. Otto Finsch.
Sudsee-Erinnerungen (1875-1880).

Scarce attractive work on the Caroline and Marshall Islands and New Guinea.

Published
Berlin: A. Hoffmann & Co., [1883.]
References
Not in Abbey; Bobins 327.
Plates
13
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
Berlin: A. Hoffmann & Co., [1883.]
Ref
5040

Quarto; polished half calf over red pebbled cloth boards, burgundy title label to spine. 13 chromolithographs. A scarce work that is not found in many of the relevant bibliographies. Uncut. The Paper is a little fragile. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Passage zum Hafen von Jaluit. 2. Gemeindehaus / Palao / Hutte fur gute Geister. 3. Aba Thule, Konig von Palao / Hauptling von Neu-Britannien. 4. Hafen von Jap. 5. Coquille-Hafen, Strongs Isl. 6. Namurik, Marshall-Ins. 7. (Jaluit) Madchen / (Ponape) Madchen / Kabua, Konig von Jaluit. 8. Hafen von Jaluit, Marshall-Ins. 9. Langanimi (Jaluit) / Kabua, (Jaluit) im Tanzschmuck. 10. Canoe, Marshall-Ins. 11. Nusa, Neu-Irland. 12. Eingeborener (N. Britannien) / Frau, (N. Irland). 13. Relief-Schintzerei, Tempel, N. Irland / Gotze. (N. Irland) / Tanzmaske (N. Irland) / Tanzmaske (N. Irland).