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- Books, Geography, German Books
- Exploration of Africa: Reise auf dem weissen Flusse. Aus den Original-Maniscripen des General-Vicars von Central-Africa Dr. Ignaz Knoblecher
- 680.00€
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- [Travel on the White River. Based on the Original Manuscripts of the General-Vicar for Central Africa Dr. Ignaz Knoblecher] A rare first edition of the description of the exploration of the White Nile by a Slovenian missionary Ignacij Knoblehar, also known as Abuna Soliman 8°, VIII, 39 pp., contemporary marbled spine (Very Good, old pencil annotation on…
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: December 2020
- FEMINISM: Feminismus. Seine Begründung und Folgen [Feminism. Its Rationale and Consequences].
- 380.00€
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- An unusual work in German language by a retired professor of zoology Alexander von Brandt, searching for the explanation for the female liberation, especially sexual liberation, and feminism through the history, evolution, botanical and zoological examples. 8°. VII, 202 pp. with black and white images, [2pp.], 4 black and white plates, original orange wrappers with lettering (sporadic pages cut…
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- Books, German Books, History, Maps and Prints, World Maps
- Hieroglyphen oder Blicke aus dem Gebiete der Wissenschaft in die Geschichte des Tages.
- 1,800.00€
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- The very rare first edition of a fascinating and wonderfully eccentric treatise on the philosophical, scientific and political state of the world during the Napoleonic Wars, and the historical journey that led to those times, by the German military scientist Rühle von Lilienstern, illustrated by a large, unique and resplendently coloured World Map on an oblique double-elliptical projection, illustrating…
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: November 2020, Ottoman Books, Slavica
- ORIENTALISM IN AUSTRO-HUNGARY / TURANISM: Das neue Turán. Ein Gruss an das erwachende Morgenland!
- 650.00€
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- An unusual pan-Turanian work in German language, representing the contemporary movement in the Ottoman Empire, was written and self-published in Ljubljana by a Slovenian author and orientalist Arthur von Wurzbach, who appears to be overlooked in the historical books, possibly for his monarchist and pro-Ottoman sentiments in his homeland, which would soon become Yugoslavia. Small 4°, 32 pp. letterpress…
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- Books, German Books, History, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- PERGAMON MUSEUM, BERLIN: برعمه. رهبر خرابه برعمه
- 480.00€
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- [Bergama. Rehber-i Harabe-i Bergama (Nüsha-i Türkiye) / Pergamon. Guide to the Ruins of Pergamon. Turkish Edition] A rare pamphlet on the archeological excavations of Pergamon in Ottoman Turkish was printed by Berlin Royal Museum (now Altes Museum) at the time the artefacts were transported from the Ottoman Empire to Berlin, where they were exhibited in a new museum.…
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- Books, German Books, Other
- POW CAMP TRINIDAD, COLORADO: Gustav Adolfs Page. Feldpostausgabe
- 480.00€
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- A German pocket book, printed for the soldiers in WWII, was owned by a German prisoner of war, stationed in the POW camp in Trinidad, Colorado.
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- Books, Children's Books, German Books
- ROBINSONADE: Robinsons Reise um die Welt. Ein unterhaltendes u. belehrendes Lesebuch f. d. Jugend. Amerika. [Robinson’s Travel Around the Worls. An Entertaining and Educational Reading Book for Young People. America].
- 950.00€
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- An extremely rare illustrated volume of Robinson’s travels through America, from Mississippi, to Canada, Greenland, the Caribbean to South America, was published in German language in 1816.
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- Books, German Books, New Acquisitions: October 2020, Slavica
- RUSSIAN REVOLUTION / RUSSIAN ART: 1917. Russland. 1923/ Russland. Kein Märchen, keine Legende, sondern Wirklichkeit
- 420.00€
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- [1917. Russia. 1923. / Russia. No Fairytale, No Legend, But a Reality] Large 4°. 31 pp. with illustrations in black and red, original illustrated wrappers, stapled (paper extremely fragile with tiny chips and tears in margins, wrappers detached, sporadic first and last leaved loose, minor age-toning, otherwise in a good condition).
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