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Reise um die Erde (Journey Round the World) - Eduard Hildebrandt - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Eduard Hildebrandt (1818 - 1868)

Reise um die Erde (Journey Round the World)

Eduard Hildebrandt, Reise um die Erde (Journey Round the World), Berlin: R. Wagner [and Raimund Mitscher], [c.1862–64]

33 of 34 chromolithographic plates after watercolours by Eduard Hildebrandt, lithographed by R Steinbock (30) and W Loeillot (3), each mounted on thick cardstock measuring 45.5 x 56 cm, with original printed labels behind the cardstock of each image; original publisher’s deluxe binding in full red morocco-grain cloth over bevelled boards, lavishly stamped in gilt with decorative scrollwork and corner medallions representing four continents: Europa, Afrika, Amerika, and Asien; title lettered in large gilt on front cover, gilt ornamental rule to borders; all edges gilt; cream-glazed endpapers; spine with matching decorative gilt rule.
22 x 18 in (56 x 45.5 cm)

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