Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Closed
July 28, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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GUATEMALA ̶ H. HÜGEMANN
Two albums of photographs. [c.1904-1906]
2 albums, 4to (245 x 175mm.), approximately 208 photographs (average 90 x 127mm., or the reverse), captioned and/or annotated in German, most dated from 1904-1906, including other ephemera, such as post cards, brochures, and a map showing the travels of Hügemann, title in manuscript "Erinnerungen von H. Hügemann, 1904-1905. Hamburg, New York, Panama, Guatemala", contemporary blue and brown half morocco, cloth boards, fading, slightly worn
RARE VIEWS OF GUATEMALA FROM THE EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY. The travel diary of a German business man, showing his journey from Hamburg to Guatemala, where he subsequently lived.