first edition Hardcover
1900 · Leipzig
Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Oblong Quarto. (4) 105-232pp. Original richly decorated and illustrated boards with white lettering on cover. Decorative vignette on title page. Decorative endpapers. Ninety-six color offset reproductions (6 x 8 1/2") of scenic photographs depicting various places and inhabitants in India, Burma, Madagascar, China, Japan, Vietnam, New Guinea, Australia, Tahiti and various archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean. All photographs with brief captions. Descriptive catalog of all pictures at rear. Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding. Some light fraying at foredge of title page. Else in very good condition.
(Inventory #: 46300)