Lot 1560 Carl Bock. The head-hunters of Borneo. A …

The head-hunters of Borneo. A narrative of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito, also, journeyings in Sumatra. Mit 30 chromolithographischen Tafeln, 1 gefalt. Karte und weiteren Abbildungen. London, Sampson Low, 1881. XVI, 344 S. 4°. Illustrierte OLwd. mit goldgepr. RTitel in transparentem Umschlag (berieben und bestoßen).

Asien - Indonesien

Geographie und Reisen – Erste Ausgabe. - Henze I, 280 - Mit Exlibris des australischen Anthropologen Edward Charles Stirling. - Blindgepr. Stempel von H. C. Bigby. - Carl Bock, ein norwegischer Naturforscher, zog in den 1860ern für sein Studium nach England. Seine Forschungsreise nach Südostasien wurde von Lord Arthur Hay finanziell unterstützt. - Ränder gebräunt, stockfleckig, einzelne Seiten und Tafeln lose. Farbprächtige Tafeln.

Geography and Travel – Indonesia. - With 30 chromolithographic plates, 1 folded map and further illustrations. Illustrated original canvas with gilt stamped title in transparent cover (rubbed and bumped). - First edition. - Henze I, 280 - With bookplate of the Australian anthropologist Edward Charles Stirling. - Blindstamp by H. C. Bigby. - Carl Bock, a Norwegian naturalist, moved to England in the 1860s for his studies. His research trip to Southeast Asia was financially supported by Lord Arthur Hay. - Margins browned, foxing, some pages and plates loose. Splendidly colored plates

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