CRONAU, Rudolf Daniel Ludwig (1855-1939). Von Wunderland zu Wunderland Landschafts- und Lebensbilder aus den Staaten und Territorien der Union. Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1886.  

One volume only (of 2, lacking Vol. II), folio (450 x 307 mm). 25 mounted collotype plates bound in on stubs, text leaves disbound but laid in. (Some mostly marginal chipping.) Original light gray pictorial cloth gilt laid over modern cloth (some soiling).   Provenance: D.? F.? Knapp (gift inscription from H. Virchow, January 12 1886).  

FIRST EDITION, inducing views of the American West and portraits of American Indians. Cronau was sent to America as a correspondent for German newspaper Die Gartenlaube; he published his series of drawings and notes on his return to Germany.  


Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch