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MEYER, Hans Heinrich Joseph (1858-1929). In the High
MEYER, Hans Heinrich Joseph (1858-1929). In the High
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MEYER, Hans Heinrich Joseph (1858-1929). In the High Andes of Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, etc. London: Williams & Norgate, 1908.

Folio (396 x 315 mm). 23 chromolithographic plates by Rudolf Reschreiter tipped to grey card (mounts 319 x 400 mm), 40 half-tone plates on 20 leaves. (2 lower corners of chromolithographed plate torn away). Loose as issued in publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth folding case (rebacked); text in modern cloth-backed card wrappers.

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Meyer states in the Preface: "The collection of prints before us, together with my text volume, published in German... affords a complete description of the High Andes of Ecuador." Meyer's In den Hoch-Anden von Ecuador was first published in Berlin in 1907. RARE: according to online auction records, only one other copy of this work has appeared on the market at auction in the last 40 years. Neate M92.


Estimate $3,000-4,000

Provenance: Quentin Keynes (his sale, Christie's South Kensington, 22 September 2004, lot 52).
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MEYER, Hans Heinrich Joseph (1858-1929). In the High

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