Sven Hedin - Transhimalaja - 1909

Sven Hedin - Transhimalaya - 1909 First Edition - Complete 2 Volumes - Deluxe Half-Leather, Gilt Edges - Illustrations, Drawings, Maps - Tibet

Complete set of the first edition Transhimalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet by Sven Hedin from 1909. Two volumes in the original, luxurious publisher's binding of half-leather with rich gilding on the spine and decorative, gilded edges of the pages.

Monumental work by the Swedish explorer describing pioneering expeditions to Forbidden Tibet and the Transhimalaya. Volume I with the portrait of Lord Minto, Viceroy of India, patron of the expedition.

Complete copy: a wealth of illustrations - photographs, watercolors and drawings by the author, including color plates, and dramatic expedition scenes by J. Macfarlane. Complete maps, including a large-format folding Übersichtskarte Hedins Reisen in Tibet 1906-1908 1:1 600 000.

First Edition, 1909, volumes I and II complete
Author Sven Hedin
Publisher F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig
Illustrator Sven Hedin - watercolors, drawings, photographs; J. Macfarlane - graphics
Illustrations: 397 Abbildungen including color plates, 10 maps including folding
Binding Publisher's, half-leather, gilding on the spine, gilded page edges, marble boards
Condition Very good+, Bindings tight, gilding and edges legible. Maps complete, without tears. Natural patina of age.

Rare complete set in a representative publisher's binding. A key item for travel, ethnographic and cartographic collections.
One volume is 406 pages, In total 812 pages.

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