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Lot 948: SOUTHERN TIBET.

Est: €200 EUR - €300 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumMarch 26, 2021

Item Overview

Description

3 vol., folio oblong: [8] pp.; 105 pl., [4] pp.; 52 pl., [2] pp.; 47 pl. - Complete set of 3 map volumes, reproduced from the 1922 Stockholm edition of Hedin's opus magnum "Southern Tibet. Discoveries in former times compared with my own in 1906-1908.", published in a full set of 9 volumes of text plus these 3 map volumes. During the 28-month expedition in Tibet Hedin succeeded in surveying and mapping the Trans-Himalayan mountain range and established the exact sources of the Indus, Brahmaputra, and Sutlej. The maps show general routes, hypsometric maps (52 sheets) and 105 tables of Tibetan Panoramas. - 1. Atlas of Tibetan Panoramas. - 2. Hypsometric maps in 52 sheets with special use of Dr Hedin's Panoramas constructed and drawn by Colonel H. Bystrom. - 3. Maps. With an index map of Hedin's journey, a general map of Central Asia and Tibet, a general map of East Turkestan and Tibet (in 15 sheets), a special map of Hedin's route through Tibet (in 26 sheets), a general map of the great Kara-Korum glaciers, a map of Hedin's journeys in Eastern Pamir 1894-1895.

Artist or Maker

Date

1991

Condition Report

Publisher's binding in navy cloth (sl. us., 1 spine defected).

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Auction Details

D2 - Books and Prints

by
Arenberg Auctions
March 26, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

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