D'Albertis - Alla Nuova Guinea: ciò che ho veduto e ciò che ho fatto - 1880
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D'Albertis, Alla Nuova Guinea: ciò che ho veduto e ciò che ho fatto, 1st illustrated Italian edition, Fratelli Bocca, Torino, 1880, hardback, 604 pages, Italian, with plates and folding maps, in very good condition.
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Very rare first Italian edition (released in the same year as the original, in English) of the travel diaries of Luigi Maria D'Albertis (1841-1901). The author is remembered for being the first to navigate (in 1876) the Fly River, and for the fundamental contribution made to the Old Continent in knowledge of the animal and plant species of New Guinea.
Luigi Maria D'Albertis, Alla Nuova Guinea: ciò che ho veduto e ciò che ho fatto, Torino, Fratelli Bocca e Cia., 1880.
PP.: XVI, 588. COMPLETE, with 32 black-and-white illustrations in the text and 38 plates outside the text, including a portrait of the author on the half-title, a colored geographic map folded multiple times, and 4 ornithological chromolithographs (without the protective tissue guards).
A specimen with maps in overall very good condition. Ex-libris stamp of the private library, now extinct, of Dr. Franco Santero on the rear white flyleaf.
Twenty-century binding in green cloth with gilt title to the spine, very well preserved. White endpapers.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateVery rare first Italian edition (released in the same year as the original, in English) of the travel diaries of Luigi Maria D'Albertis (1841-1901). The author is remembered for being the first to navigate (in 1876) the Fly River, and for the fundamental contribution made to the Old Continent in knowledge of the animal and plant species of New Guinea.
Luigi Maria D'Albertis, Alla Nuova Guinea: ciò che ho veduto e ciò che ho fatto, Torino, Fratelli Bocca e Cia., 1880.
PP.: XVI, 588. COMPLETE, with 32 black-and-white illustrations in the text and 38 plates outside the text, including a portrait of the author on the half-title, a colored geographic map folded multiple times, and 4 ornithological chromolithographs (without the protective tissue guards).
A specimen with maps in overall very good condition. Ex-libris stamp of the private library, now extinct, of Dr. Franco Santero on the rear white flyleaf.
Twenty-century binding in green cloth with gilt title to the spine, very well preserved. White endpapers.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Animals, Botany, Geography, Natural History, Ornithology, South East Asia, Travels
Book title
Alla Nuova Guinea: ciò che ho veduto e ciò che ho fatto
Author/ Illustrator
D'Albertis
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1880
Height
22 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
15 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Fratelli Bocca; Torino
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Fold out maps or plates, Tipped in plates
Number of pages
604
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