Author: WEBER, NORBERT:
Title: In den Diamantbergen Koreas. St. Ottilien, Oberbayern, Missionsverlag, 1927.
Description: . Pp. x, 108, (2) With six coloured plates and twenty-seven plates made from photographs. Two b/w maps and many illustrations in the text. Original pictorial paper boards, cloth spine. Housed in original dust-wrappers, spine faded, chipped at spine ends and tears along the upper edges. Copy of Sten Bergman, Swedish zoologist who arranged an expedition to Korea in 1935-6 to study bird life. First edition. The Diamond Mountains or Mount Kumgang . located on the east coast of North Korea have been known for their scenic beauty since ancient times. Norbert Weber (1870-1956), a German Catholic priest and an archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey. He visited Korea twice, in 1911 and 1925. He photographed and filmed extensively to document as much as possible of Korean culture and people. A great copy of a scarce title.
Keywords: East Asia, korea, corean, korean, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,
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Title: In den Diamantbergen Koreas. St. Ottilien, Oberbayern, Missionsverlag, 1927.
Description: . Pp. x, 108, (2) With six coloured plates and twenty-seven plates made from photographs. Two b/w maps and many illustrations in the text. Original pictorial paper boards, cloth spine. Housed in original dust-wrappers, spine faded, chipped at spine ends and tears along the upper edges. Copy of Sten Bergman, Swedish zoologist who arranged an expedition to Korea in 1935-6 to study bird life. First edition. The Diamond Mountains or Mount Kumgang . located on the east coast of North Korea have been known for their scenic beauty since ancient times. Norbert Weber (1870-1956), a German Catholic priest and an archabbot of St. Ottilien Archabbey. He visited Korea twice, in 1911 and 1925. He photographed and filmed extensively to document as much as possible of Korean culture and people. A great copy of a scarce title.
Keywords: East Asia, korea, corean, korean, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,
Price: EUR 500.00 = appr. US$ 543.42 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 121645
- Book number: 121645
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