A BOOK, Africana, 1861, A. Petermann & B. Hassenstein
Inner-Afrika nach dem Stande der Geographischen Kenntniss in den Jahren 1861 bis 1863. Nach den Quellen bearbeitet.
Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1863. 4to. XIV, 5O; (2), 30; (4), 31-78; (2), 79-164 pp. + frontispiece + 11 large folding maps with outline colouring.
Samtida halvklotband, lätt lagerfläckad i början, några kartor med mycket prydliga eller obetydliga lagningar a tergo. / Contemporary half cloth, slight foxing to initial leaves, a few maps with very neat or insignificant repairs to verso.
(Petermann’s Mittheilungen, Ergänzungsband II, 1862/63).
Wear.
Provenance
Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.