Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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Hügemann. Two albums of photographs of Guatemala. [1904-1906]

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July 28, 03:29 PM GMT

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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.