Schweinfurth georg dr (10 Ergebnisse)

8° Format 10,5 x 17 cm, Halbleinen, 156 S. mit einem Plan, sauberes Exemplar 112 g.

Facsimile Reprint of 1873 Ed. xvi + 559pp. + x + 521pp. 2 maps including 1 folding, many plates and ills. Original gilt lettered green cloth, spines very sl. spotted and faded. Baker pp.320-2. '.The real value of Schweinfurth's expedition . [was] in giving a most graphic and excellent picture of the country through which he travelled, and his descriptions can be read with profit today .' US$74.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Edition. The third, and cheaper edition. Complete in two volumes, a very good set in publisher's cloth, a bit rubbed at the edges with some scuffing to the spine tips. No markings or inscriptions, complete with the fold out map and illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Map has been cut, poorly, from page vii and laid in, clearly for easy use and reference. All plates appear to be included. Blocks title with nominal wear to spine, corners and hinges. Solid pair. BP/Locked cabinet.

Zustand: guter Zustand. Hardcover, Format (22,5x15,5cm), blauer Leineneinband, mit goldener, schwarzer und roter Titelprägung, marmorierter Schnitt, mit Lesebändchen, gut erhalten, Ecken und Kanten leicht abgewetzt, Einband leicht angeschmutzt, auf vorderen Seiten Bibliotheksstempel und Inv.Nr., 550 S.; (BLW, E 227).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vos. 2 vols. pp xvi, 559 +vii, 522 = 48 pp publishers advertisements . Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine with African head and illus gilt (seated triibal chief with ornamental dagger)on front cover. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece to e ach volume, 23 further wood-engraved plates, one tinted lithographic plate, numerous wood-engravings in text, and 2 maps (one folding). Slight lean to both volumes, covers slightly rubbed and slightly marked, slight loss (neatly restored) not affecting legibility to top corners of title pages o/w clean near VG with clean text.…

First edition. 2 vols. Early twentieth-century textured cloth with black morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, 23 further wood-engraved plates, one tinted lithographic plate, numerous wood-engravings in text, and 2 maps (one folding). A very good set, the bindings square and firm with a little minor rubbing to the extremities, a single insect hole to the spine of volume one and another to the bottom corner of the lower board, one each to the upper and lower boards of volume two, and two to the bottom corners. The contents with the bookplate of Albert Ruskin Cook to the front pastedowns, his ink inscription to the front free endpapers, scattered foxing (heavier to some plates), two tears to the front free endpaper of volume two, the folding map in volume one with a little loss to the left-hand margin and a minor paper repair to the rear, a small amount of worming affecting the margin at the gutter of pp.531-559 in volume one, the rear inner-hinge of volume two, and with a couple of other tiny dots elsewhere, are otherwise in good order. Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925) was educated at the Universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin, where he specialized in botany and palaeontology. "An 1862 specimen-collecting trip up the Nile River to Khartoum won him support from a Berlin scientific institute for more extensive exploration in the equatorial area of Africa, in what is now the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He sailed south from Suez in the late summer of 1868 and reached the Nile via an overland route from the coast. From Khartoum he continued south in January 1869, then joined a group of ivory traders heading west through regions inhabited by the Dyoor, Dinka, Bongo, and Niam-Niam tribes; later, he reached the unknown kingdom of the cannibalistic Monbuttoo, and on 19 March 1870, discovered the Uele River, which would prove to be an important tributary of the Congo.The record of his journey was published in an English translation in the same year it appeared in German. As a trained botanist and accomplished artist, Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology of its inhabitants. He was the first European to encounter the Akka Pygmies of East Africa, settling the question raised by Homer and Herodotus of the existence of dwarf races in Africa and the Mittoo and Loobah tribes between the White Nile and the upper Congo, among whom women practice lip enlargement to enhance their appearance" (John Delaney, To the Mountains of the Moon). Winwood Read's introduction to the present volume describes Schweinfurth and Sir Samuel Baker as the only two explorers to have successfully penetrated Africa from north to south. A "true classic of African exploration" (Czech, pp. 248-9). Sir Albert Ruskin Cook, CMG, OBE (1870-1951) was a British medical missionary in Uganda, and the founder of Mulago Hospital and Mengo Hospital, the oldest hospital in East Africa. Cook was unusual amongst medical missionaries due to his efforts to train Africans to become skilled medical workers, as typified by his and his wife Katharine's (1863-1938) opening of a school for midwives at Mengo, and their production of a midwifery manual in Ganda, the local language. [Gay 2568]. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Gr.-4°, Leinen. Zustand: Befriedigend. Zahlreiche Abbildungen, Karte, XVIII, 578 Seiten. Original-Leinwand mit Schriftvergoldung, stärker angeschmutzt und angestaubt, innen sauberes Exemplar.- Fliegender Vorsatz mit Widmung "Herrn Dr. Vaupel zur freundlichen Erinnerung an Georg Schweinfurth 10. März 1918". Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 3400 Dritte, vom Verfasser verbesserte Auflage. Mit abbildungen und Karten.…

2 volumes, small 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 298, [2]; viii, 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; small breaks in the cloth at the spine ends, spines lightly sunned, else near fine in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black on upper covers, and in gilt on spine. First published in English in 1873.…

XVI, 1 Bl., 518 S. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen in Holzschnitt (davon 28 ganzseitigen Abbildungen auf Tafeln) und 2 Karten (Karte der Entdeckungen Dr. Schweinfurth's in Central-Afrika - mehrf. gefalt. - / Übersichtskarte der Routen Dr. Schweinfurth's). Illustr. Originalleinen mit Gold- und Blindprägung. Marmorierter Schnitt. Gr.-8°. - Ebd. leicht berieben. Hinterer Deckel mit kleinem Fleck. Die ersten 10 und letzten 2 Bl. stockfleckig. - Es fehlt die mehrf. gefalt. Originalkarte. Eine tadellose Farbkopie dieser Karte liegt jedoch bei! -. Embacher 265 ff., Kainbacher I/128, Dinse 572, Henze V, 107 ff. Im Jahre 1868 trat Schweinfurth '.im Auftrag der Humboldt-Stiftung in Berlin eine neue große Reise nach Afrika an und zwar vorzugsweise zur botanischen Erforschung der Länder am Gazellenfluß Die eigentliche Reise von Chartum aus begann 4.Jan.1869 nilaufwärts nach Faschoda und nach dem Gebiet der Dschur. Mit Sklavenjägern immer weiter vordringend, durchzog er die Länder der Bongo Schilluk, Nuer und der Dinka, unternahm eine Reise zu den menschenfressenden Niam-Niam, besuchte das Land der Mittu und Madi und entdeckte im Lande der bis dahin noch unbekannten, ebenfalls kannibalischen Monbuttu den nach W. fließenden Uellefluß. Ebenso gewann er sichere Kunde von dem Zwergenvolk der Akka, büßte aber leider auf der Rückreise in der Seriba Ghattas infolge einer Feuerbrunst fast alle seine Aufzeichnungen und reichen Sammlungen sowie seine ganze Habe ein. Nach überwindung der größten Schwierigkeiten traf er am 27. Julin1871 wohlbehalten wieder in Chartum ein' (Embacher). 1110 Gramm.…