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VON HÖHNEL, Ludwig (1850-1909). Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 by his companion Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel, translated by Nancy Bell, London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. 2 volumes, 8° (236 x 158mm). Half-titles, portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, 2 folding coloured and lithographed, 178 illustrations, 35 full-page. (Spotted.) Original blue pictorial cloth gilt (lightly soiled, extremities bumped).
Provenance: Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925, inscription in
pencil on half-title of vol.I 'H. Rider Haggard , Given to me by C.J.
Longman , 1894'). RIDER HAGGARD'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
VON HÖHNEL, Ludwig. Zum Rudolph-See und Stephanie-See. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, 1892. 8° (229 x 160mm). Portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, one full-page and uncoloured, 2 coloured folding lithographed plates, illustrations, 35 full-page. (Repaired tears to maps.) Original cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt, green and black (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ernest Testi (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
VON HÖHNEL, Ludwig. Zum Rudolph-See und Stephanie-See. Vortrag, gehalten den 22. Jänner 1890 von Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel, Vienna: E. Hölzel, 1890. 8° (186 x 115mm). 4 half-tone plates and one engraved map. Original printed wrappers, uncut and partly unopened (slightly soiled). Offprint from Vorträge des Vereines zur Verbreitung naturwissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse in Wien, year XXX, issue 8. (4)
Provenance: Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925, inscription in
pencil on half-title of vol.I 'H. Rider Haggard , Given to me by C.J.
Longman , 1894'). RIDER HAGGARD'S COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
VON HÖHNEL, Ludwig. Zum Rudolph-See und Stephanie-See. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, 1892. 8° (229 x 160mm). Portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, one full-page and uncoloured, 2 coloured folding lithographed plates, illustrations, 35 full-page. (Repaired tears to maps.) Original cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt, green and black (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ernest Testi (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
VON HÖHNEL, Ludwig. Zum Rudolph-See und Stephanie-See. Vortrag, gehalten den 22. Jänner 1890 von Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel, Vienna: E. Hölzel, 1890. 8° (186 x 115mm). 4 half-tone plates and one engraved map. Original printed wrappers, uncut and partly unopened (slightly soiled). Offprint from Vorträge des Vereines zur Verbreitung naturwissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse in Wien, year XXX, issue 8. (4)
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