Janos xantus (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy, but with a hint of sunning to spine of dj.).…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (United States, Travel) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages; Description: 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 194. Translation of Levelei Ejszakamerikabol. Subjects: Xantus, Janos, 1825-1894. United States --Description and travel 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. WESTERN HIST-This regular size hard cover is FINE. No DJ. One of 500cc. blue w/silver lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Levelei Ã?szakamerikàbÃ3l presents a collection of letters written by Jànos Xàntus during his travels in North America. Offering a unique perspective from a Hungarian author in the 19th century, these letters provide vivid descriptions of the American landscape, society, and culture as experienced by a keen observer. Xàntus's writings offer valuable insights into the historical context of the time and reveal his personal journey and impressions of a rapidly changing nation.Readers interested in travel writing, American history, or the perspective of foreign travelers will find this collection to be a captivating and informative read. These letters shed light on the cross-cultural encounters of the era and showcase the enduring appeal of travel narratives as a window into the past.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Levelei Ã?szakamerikàbÃ3l presents a collection of letters written by Jànos Xàntus during his travels in North America. Offering a unique perspective from a Hungarian author in the 19th century, these letters provide vivid descriptions of the American landscape, society, and culture as experienced by a keen observer. Xàntus's writings offer valuable insights into the historical context of the time and reveal his personal journey and impressions of a rapidly changing nation.Readers interested in travel writing, American history, or the perspective of foreign travelers will find this collection to be a captivating and informative read. These letters shed light on the cross-cultural encounters of the era and showcase the enduring appeal of travel narratives as a window into the past.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good to very good condition. First edition. Large Octavo. [10] 191 [3]pp. 7 engravings, 1 folding map. Original green quarter cloth over tan boards with engraving and black lettering in decorative frame of cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated with eight wood engravings on plates, including tinted frontispiece and four additional in color, three sepia-toned, and one lithographed folding map of California, eight in-text engravings, and a chart from the register of the meteorological Pavilion, erected in Uvas Canyon from June 1857 to June 1858. The cover features a wine and lemonade seller on a mule in Los Angeles. The eight plates were drawn by Xantus in 1858, and printed by Njom Haske and Co. in 1859. 1. San Fernando. Southern California. (Frontispiece). 2. Indian Blacksmith. San Fernando. 3. Indian Weaving room. San Fernando. 4. Tejon Indian women grinding seafood. 5. On top of the Sierra Nevada. 6. La Joya. On the California peninsula. 7. Our overnight stay. Between Timpa and Todos Santos. 8. San Marco. On the California Peninsula. The 1858 California folding map, measuring 14 1/8 x 13 1/8," shows California from San Francisco to San Diego, Baja California, Tejon territory, the Mojave desert , the Apache territory, and parts of today's Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico on a scale of 1:6,000,000 is edited and drawn after the latest well heads. John Xantus was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Boston Athenaeum. This firsthand account of Southern California in the mid 19th covers lives of the native Indians, the California economy and natural history. János, an Hungarian ex-patriot, serving with the US Army when undertaking this journey to Los Angeles, San Fernando, San Bernardino, Mojave, Baja California, and encountering the native Tejon Indian tribes in the San Joaquin valley. The report includes a listing of the Tejon numerals and a vocabulary of their language. The book triggered some controversy due to its illustrations, said to be appropriated with slight alterations from R. H. Kern in an earlier report of a U.S. Army topographical mission by Lorenzo Sitgreaves: "The Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers." Binding with some wear along edges, light water-staining on front cover and rubbed. Stamped "Lajos Pokorny," pharmacist in Losonc, on front free endpaper. Block with occasional light imperfections, few thumbprints in lower foredge corners, and minor green watercolor spot in margin of page 179. From the Smithsonian Institution Archives: "János Xántus (1825-1894) was a Hungarian exile and zoologist who collected specimens in America and Asia. He was born in Csokonya, Hungary, on October 5, 1825. He initially studied law, but joined the Hungarian Army after Hungary attempted to break from Austria. Xántus was captured and imprisoned, managing to escape to Saxony a year later. He came to the United States in 1851 and began traveling across the United States working in a variety of jobs to earn a living. Xántus enlisted in the US Army in 1855. During his time in the service he began collecting natural history specimens. With the encouragement of Army Medical staff member, he began collecting for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He began a correspondence with Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in 1857. With Baird's encouragement, Xántus collected extensively in California during the mid-1850's for the US National Museum, while he was stationed at Fort Tejon, California, as a hospital steward. Upon leaving Fort Tejon he was granted a discharge and explored Cape San Lucas, again collecting for the Baird. He eventually returned to Hungary in 1864. Xantus served as the Director of the Zoological Garden of Budapest and as Curator of Ethnography at the Hungarian National Museum. He passed away in Budapest in 1894".…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo., (8 6/8 x 5 6/8 inches). 3-page publisher's advertisement at end. 8 chromolithographs, folding lithograph map ".Kalifornia" (some spotting). Original drab pictorial boards (rebacked preserving the original spine, extremities scuffed). Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription of Vieczay Hider on the front cover. First authorized edition, preceded by the unauthorized edition of 1858. Xantus states that letters edited by Istvan Prepost which appeared in 1858 were not intended for publication and were published as a result of a misunderstanding. Janos was a Hungarian naturalist, a Hungarian Freedom Fighter, and political refugee who immigrated to the United States in the 1850s and served as a member of the U.S. Army Topographical Engineers. "An account of travels in southern California written from an ethnological, historical and scientific point of view, including a description of Los Angeles. Pages 37-63 relate to the Tejon Indians in the San Joaquin valley, including a list of their numerals and a vocabulary of the language. The excellent tinted lithographs are said to be from drawings by the author, but several appear to be copied with but slight alterations from those of R. H. Kern [1821-1853] in Sitgreave's "Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers" (Sabin). Graff 4785; Howes X2; Sabin 35764 & 105714. Streeter 2860: "First authorized edition of the Hungarian scientist's letters on California, where he had accompanied a railroad survey. Some of his material is said to have been extracted from the Abert and Emory reports"; Wheat, Books of the California Gold Rush 237. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.…

In original paper. Zustand: Very good condition. In original paper. Two illustrated articles by Janos Xantus. In the first one he describes his journey from Kingston to Panama and also writes about situation of railroads in America. In the second articale he writes about Sarawak in Malaysia.

Zustand: Very good condition. Földrajzi Közlemények. XXII. year. IX. issue. (Xantus János-memorial isuue). Budapest, 1894. Magyar Földrajzi Társaság. (1)+380-408p. In original paper With: Abrége du Bulletin de la Société Hongroise de Géographie. XXII. Année. 6-10. Noméro. Bp., 1894. (Magyar Földrajzi Társaság.) (1)+50-100p. Without cover.…