Taschenbuch der Reisen für Freunde der Geographie, insbesondere für die Jugend und ihre Lehrer

Grube, A. W. (editor). Taschenbuch der Reisen für Freunde der Geographie, insbesondere für die Jugend und ihre Lehrer. Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter, 1859. Zweiter Jahrgang. 8vo. 278,[1],2,pp. Half-leather over marbled boards with spine decorated in gold. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece etching of Daniel Livingston, lithographic half-title page. Interesting handbook for students and teachers with chapters on Europe, Asia, Afrika, America and Australia. Delightfully illustrated with color reproductions of lithographs and in-text b/w drawings. Each litho protected by tissue guard. Age wear on leather and corners, rubbing on edges. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped, One-inch closed tear along head of spine on front board. Hinges starting. Heavy foxing to margins of lithographs and to tissue guards. Pages 119-122 almost detached. Text in German, Gothic script. Fair to good condition. fair. Hardcover. (22242) $75