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Hildebrandt, E.
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- Reise um die Erde. Aquarelle. Berlin: R. Wagner, no date [?1871-1874]
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Large folio (548 x 448mm.), 34 chromolithographed plates by R. Steinbock after the original watercolours by Hildebrandt, all mounted on card and with printed captions on verso, loose as issued in original red morocco-backed cloth gilt portfolio, title on upper cover, a few mounts spotted, portfolio worn
Catalogue Note
Rare. The views are worldwide, but predominantly in the Far East. They comprise India (Bombay and Benares), Siam (4, including Bangkok), Macao (3), Rangoon (2), Philippines, Hong Kong (2), Ceylon (3), Japan (3 of Nagasaki, Yokahama, Tokyo), Singapore, China (5, including Peking), Ladrone Island (Marianas), Egypt (5, Cairo, Alexandria and Suez) and San Francisco (2).