ID 610108
Lot 221 | SPEDIZIONI SCIENTIFICHE
Estimate value
€ 200 – 300
A lot dedicated to Italian and Austrian scientific expeditions: a good copy of the report of the Austrian scientific expedition around the globe which lasted more than two years (from 30 April 1857 to 26 August 1859) and collected a large amount of scientific data together with 23,700 artifacts including over 9,000 insects and 550 tribal objects. In open challenge to the Austrian counterpart, who had named the Novara ship in memory of the Piedmontese defeat of 1849, the Italian Navy financed the expedition of the "Magenta" 6 years later, a name that honored the famous victory of 1859. The expedition was the first in which an Italian ship circumnavigated the globe and was the occasion, as well as to collect numerous scientific data, to establish and conclude numerous embassies in Japan and China.
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3 volumes, 4to (250 x 170mm). Engraved frontispiece, 21 plates, some folding and a table, a loose folding map; second volume with 24 plates, some of which folding and 4 tables; third volume with 29 plates, some of which folding ands 4 tables; numerous illustrations in the text in the first volume (slight occasional browning). Editorial percalline with gilt and blind decorations on covers and gilt title on spine.
[TOGETHER WITH:] - HILLYER GIGLIOLI, Enrico (1845-1909). Viaggio intorno al globo della R. pirocorvetta italiana Magenta. Milan: V. Maisner and company, 1875-76. 4to (290 x 230mm). Editorial binding, folding map as frontispiece, 17 plates and geographical maps, some of which folding (some underlining in pen to the first leaves). Editorial printed boards (some wear, slightly loose). (4)
Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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Address of auction |
Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Via Pontaccio 12 20121 Milano Italy | |
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Buyer Premium | 26.0% | |
Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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