P.R. Bos - De Globe -
Collation vi, 447 pp. Nice blind stamped linen binding.Condition: The binding is somewhat damaged (upper part of the spine, easy to repair), a loose section, some discolouration, corners of the binding somewhat dented, particulars of the previous owner on the title page.¶ ‘De Globe’ is an extremely rare collection of articles written by, among other, the famous P.R. Bos (‘Bosatlas’). It is a geographical and ethnographical reference work for ‘school and home’ and was meant to be used with the atlas. It gives a lot of folkloristic, geological and geographical clarification and is meant as a supplement. In contains articles about, among others, 's Gravenhage’ (by P. Louwerse), Steenkolen in Limburg, De St. Pietersberg, Het verleden en heden van Brugge (by Henry Havard), Sprinkhanen in Zuid-Rusland (by W. Hamm), Eene vaart door de Zweedsche scheren (by J. Jonas), IJsland en IJslanders (by Fr. V. Hellwald), Op de olifantenjacht (by Dr. O. Lenz), Eene slavenjacht in de Ba Hirmi (by Dr. G. Nachtigal), Het eiland Nias en de Niassers (by A. Schreiber), Java's bewoners (by P.J. Veth) en De potvischvangst in den Grooten Oceaan’.Added is the ‘R. Bos Geillustreerde Schoolatlas der geheele aarde’, 26th edition, with 44 maps, many supplementary maps and 199 illustrations. An atypical ‘Bosatlas” because the simplified maps and the extra attention for image material of topographical and ethnographical signature. Read More