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GOERING, Anton.
Von Tropischen Tieflande zum Ewigen Schnee. Eine Malerische Schilderung des schoensten Tropenlandes Venezuela.
The geographical illustrations are from paintings and sketches by the author. The beautiful reproductions of the large pictures give a vivid idea of the wealth of colour in plants, soil, and sky.
- Published
- Leipzig: Adalbert Fischer, [ca. 1892].
- References
- Palau 103132; BN 918.7; G-597; Sanchez 338; Blay 201 Bobins 811.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Leipzig: Adalbert Fischer, [ca. 1892].
- Ref
- 5336
[From Tropical Lowlands to Eternal Snows. A picturesque depiction of the most beautiful tropical country, Venezuela.] Large 4to, 76pp. text in German, map, 12 fine chromolithographed plates mounted on card, 54 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, original publisher’s decorated cloth-backed boards, title in gilt on pictorial upper cover, decorated endpapers, gilt edges. “An enthusiastic description of the natural characteristics of Western Venezuela as studied by the author during a long sojourn in the country … Venezuela is the most beautiful tropical country” (Maria Luisa de Blay, Journal Vol. VI, pp. 490, 1895). Coloured plates in order: 1. An der Küste von Carupano. 2. Puerto Cabello. 3. See von Valencia. 4. Am Rio Escalante. 5. Lagune im Zuliagebiet. 6. Urwaldflora. 7. Cordillererenpfad. 8. Merida mit der Sierra Nevada. 9. Torondoi. 10. La Concha, Sierra Nevada. 11. Paramo de Mucuchies. 12. Thal von Caracas mit der Silla de Caracas.
