Werdecker: Cartography of North-West Yemen. Rare Map.

29. Dezember 2010 um 17:21 Uhr

Seltene Yemen - Karten

Werdecker, Josef
A Contribution to the Geography and Cartography of North-West Yemen (Based on the results oft he exploration by Eduard Glaser, untertaken in the years 1882-1884). Cairo (1937). (Extrait du Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Geographie d´Egypte, T.XX). 8vo. 160 S. mit 1 Portrait, 8 Tafeln (mit Routenskizzen) und 2 große, gefaltete Karten. Neuerer Leinenband, eine Karte mit Einriß, ansonsten ein gutes Exemplar.
EUR 2600,-

Vorgebunden: Heyworth.Dunne, Gamal-Eddine: Al-Yemen. A gerneral social, political and exonomic survey (The Muslim World Series Nr.5). Cairo 1952. 118 Seiten.

Werdecker verarbeitete die Original-Routenkarten von Eduard Glaser, von dessen Yemen Reise in den Jahren 1882-1884. Das Ergebnis waren 1933 2 große Karten des nordwestlichen Yemen, eine in Englisch, die andere in Arabisch.

Breydenbach: Reysen gein Jherusalem. 1505.

25. Dezember 2010 um 9:01 Uhr

Breydenbach, Bernhard:
Dis buch ist innhaltend die heilig[n] reysen gein Jherusalem zu dem heiligen Grab [...]. [Speyer, Peter Drach, c. 1505]. Folio. 103 (instead of 126) unnumbered pp. With 5 (instead of 7) double-page-sized coloured woodcut plates (only 2 of which are complete), 10 (instead of 13) text woodcuts in contemporary colour, 7 woodcuts oriental alphabets, and numerous red lombardic initials. Contemp. Blindstamped vellum binding over wooden boards. Fragment of the third German edition of Breydenbach's "Pererginatio in terram sanctam" in contemporary colour. The book was classed as an incunable by all earlier bibliographers. - Slightly browned throughout; occasional fingerstaining and slight defects to edges. Three of the double-page-sized folding plates lack half the plate. Contemporary binding with slight defects and wanting clasps. - Hain 3958. Schreiber 3632. GKW IV, 656. Goff N 1195. VD 16, B 8259.
EUR 7500,-