Taschenbuch der Reisen für Freunde der Geographie, insbesondere für die Jugend und ihre Lehrer
Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter, 1859. Zweiter Jahrgang. Hardcover. 8vo. 278,[1],2,pp. Half-leather over marbled boards with spine decorated in gold. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece etching of Daniel Livingston, lithographic half-title page. Interesting handbook for students and teachers with chapters on Europe, Asia, Afrika, America and Australia. Delightfully illustrated with color reproductions of lithographs and in-text b/w drawings. Each litho protected by tissue guard. Age wear on leather and corners, rubbing on edges. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped, One-inch closed tear along head of spine on front board. Hinges starting. Heavy foxing to margins of lithographs and to tissue guards. Pages 119-122 almost detached. Text in German, Gothic script. Fair to good condition. fair. Item #22242
Price: $75.00