Bonhams 1793 : DRYGALSKI (ENRICH Von) Zum Kontinent des eisigen Sudens. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition fahrten des "Gauss" 1901-1903, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed "Seinem lieben Dr. O. Schlüter freundlichst überreicht. 24 Nov. 04. Erich von Drygalski" on half-title

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30 Mar 2012 14:00 BST London, Knightsbridge
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
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DRYGALSKI (ENRICH Von)

Zum Kontinent des eisigen Sudens. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition fahrten des "Gauss" 1901-1903, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed "Seinem lieben Dr. O. Schlüter freundlichst überreicht. 24 Nov. 04. Erich von Drygalski" on half-title, photogravure frontispiece of "Gauss", numerous plates, plans and maps (some folding), large folding map in pocket at end, publisher's grey pictorial cloth gilt [Spence 384; Rosove 101.A1.a; Taurus 28; OCLC 8465444], 4to (274 x 204mm.), Berlin, George Reimer, 1904

Sold for £3,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

A FINE PRESENTATION COPY. The recipient Otto Schlüter (1872-1959) was a private tutor at the University of Berlin 1906-09, then at the University of Bonn 1909-11, followed by the chair of geography Professor at Halle from 1911. He is considered the founder of modern anthropogeography, a subject which dominated Drygalski's later scientific thinking.

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