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[NOVARA EXPEDITION]. [KARL RITTER VON SCHERZER (1821-1903)]
Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Vienna: aus der kasierlich- königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1861-1862. 3 vols, 8° (245 x 164mm). 40 lithographic plates, the majority tinted, 35 maps, 5 folding plates of music, 1 folding facsimile letter, 1 folding plan of the ship, and 4 folding tables, with further illustrations in the text and errata slip to vol. I. (Very occasional light spotting.) Contemporary straight-grain half morocco, spines gilt, marbled edges (edges very slightly rubbed). Provenance: Georg Ritter v. Hütterott, his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. [With:] FERDINAND V. HOCHSTETTER Gesammelte Reise-Berichte von der Erdumsegelung der Fregatte 'Novara' 1857-1859. Vienna: Euard Hölzel, 1885. 8° (215 x 140mm). Heliogravure portrait frontispiece, large folding map in rear pocket. (Margin of frontispiece spotted.) Contemporary half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, edges marbled, art nouveau end papers (extremities and boards lightly rubbed). [And:] F. v. HOCHSTETTER Reise der Novara Geologischer Theil. I Band. Geologie von Neu-Seeland. Vienna, 1864. 4° (302 x 233mm). Original photograph as frontispiece, 6 coloured maps, 2 chromo- and 4 tinted lithographic plates, an engraved mountain profile, and further illustrations in the text with half-title. (Spotted.) Original publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, with an image of the Novara in full sail gilt-stamped to upper board, spine lettered in gilt, glazed endpapers (small nick to centre of spine otherwise fine). [And:] AUGUST VON PELZELN Reise der Novara Zoologischer Theil. Erster Band. Vögel. Vienna, 1865. 4° (312 x 250mm). Six coloured lithographic plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Original printed wrappers (lightly spotted, edges creased, spine cracked but firm, small tears at extremities). [And:] DR. RUDOLPH KNER Fische. 4° (299 x 237mm). 16 tinted lithographic plates. (Lacking title-page.) Modern cloth. [And:] DR. FRIEDERICH MÜLLER Reise der Novara Linguistischer Theil. Vienna, 1867. 4° (293 x 231mm). (Without half-title.) Publisher's blind-stamped cloth (rebacked with richly decorated morocco spine in green, red and gilt). Provenance: Technischen Hochschule Brünn, library stamp with Imperial double-headed eagle to margin of title-page.
FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST AUSTRIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION and the account of the senior geologist, with four other illustrated scientific volumes relating to the voyage. The most ambitious enterprise ever undertaken by the Austrian navy this was, 'bibliographically speaking, the last great scientific expedition of the nineteenth century' (Borba). During its circumnavigation the Novara visited, amongst other places, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, Tahiti, Valparaiso, Hong Kong, Singapore, Java, Manila, and Shanghai. The team of seven scientists on board were led by Scherzer, who compiled the three volume official narrative of the voyage and who was himself in charge of collections in the fields of ethnography, linguistics, anthropology and statistics. Hill 1537; Borba (8)
Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Vienna: aus der kasierlich- königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1861-1862. 3 vols, 8° (245 x 164mm). 40 lithographic plates, the majority tinted, 35 maps, 5 folding plates of music, 1 folding facsimile letter, 1 folding plan of the ship, and 4 folding tables, with further illustrations in the text and errata slip to vol. I. (Very occasional light spotting.) Contemporary straight-grain half morocco, spines gilt, marbled edges (edges very slightly rubbed). Provenance: Georg Ritter v. Hütterott, his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. [With:] FERDINAND V. HOCHSTETTER Gesammelte Reise-Berichte von der Erdumsegelung der Fregatte 'Novara' 1857-1859. Vienna: Euard Hölzel, 1885. 8° (215 x 140mm). Heliogravure portrait frontispiece, large folding map in rear pocket. (Margin of frontispiece spotted.) Contemporary half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, edges marbled, art nouveau end papers (extremities and boards lightly rubbed). [And:] F. v. HOCHSTETTER Reise der Novara Geologischer Theil. I Band. Geologie von Neu-Seeland. Vienna, 1864. 4° (302 x 233mm). Original photograph as frontispiece, 6 coloured maps, 2 chromo- and 4 tinted lithographic plates, an engraved mountain profile, and further illustrations in the text with half-title. (Spotted.) Original publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, with an image of the Novara in full sail gilt-stamped to upper board, spine lettered in gilt, glazed endpapers (small nick to centre of spine otherwise fine). [And:] AUGUST VON PELZELN Reise der Novara Zoologischer Theil. Erster Band. Vögel. Vienna, 1865. 4° (312 x 250mm). Six coloured lithographic plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Original printed wrappers (lightly spotted, edges creased, spine cracked but firm, small tears at extremities). [And:] DR. RUDOLPH KNER Fische. 4° (299 x 237mm). 16 tinted lithographic plates. (Lacking title-page.) Modern cloth. [And:] DR. FRIEDERICH MÜLLER Reise der Novara Linguistischer Theil. Vienna, 1867. 4° (293 x 231mm). (Without half-title.) Publisher's blind-stamped cloth (rebacked with richly decorated morocco spine in green, red and gilt). Provenance: Technischen Hochschule Brünn, library stamp with Imperial double-headed eagle to margin of title-page.
FIRST EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST AUSTRIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION and the account of the senior geologist, with four other illustrated scientific volumes relating to the voyage. The most ambitious enterprise ever undertaken by the Austrian navy this was, 'bibliographically speaking, the last great scientific expedition of the nineteenth century' (Borba). During its circumnavigation the Novara visited, amongst other places, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, Tahiti, Valparaiso, Hong Kong, Singapore, Java, Manila, and Shanghai. The team of seven scientists on board were led by Scherzer, who compiled the three volume official narrative of the voyage and who was himself in charge of collections in the fields of ethnography, linguistics, anthropology and statistics. Hill 1537; Borba (8)