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Benyan tree near Caltura (Ceylon)
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Selection from Ernst Haeckel’s hiking pictures. The natural miracles of the tropical world. Ceylon and insulins. After their own watercolors and oil paintings and richly illustrated text. 16 colored plates. Binder with 35 sheets of art prints. Gera-Untermhaus: W. Koehler’s publishing bookstore (F. E. W. Koehler), 1905. Wing folder (Leipzig: P. E. Lindner, 1905/1906). Front with portrait medallion (print after photography around 1905/1906; diameter 9.3 x 6.2 cm); 38, 5 x 29.5 cm. Dresden: SLUB 2049 02122 001
Title: Benyan tree near Caltura (Ceylon)
Description:
Selection from Ernst Haeckel’s hiking pictures.
The natural miracles of the tropical world.
Ceylon and insulins.
After their own watercolors and oil paintings and richly illustrated text.
16 colored plates.
Binder with 35 sheets of art prints.
Gera-Untermhaus: W.
Koehler’s publishing bookstore (F.
E.
W.
Koehler), 1905.
Wing folder (Leipzig: P.
E.
Lindner, 1905/1906).
Front with portrait medallion (print after photography around 1905/1906; diameter 9.
3 x 6.
2 cm); 38, 5 x 29.
5 cm.
Dresden: SLUB 2049 02122 001.
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