Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 53

Heinrich Hübbe - Wasserstands-Beobachtungen, 1842. [64]


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Heinrich Hübbe
Wasserstands-Beobachtungen, 1842. [64]
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 168 / $ 179
(incl. surcharge)
Hübbe, H., Einige Wasserstands-Beobachtungen im Fluthgebiete des Elbstromes. Zusammengestellt und bearbeitet mit besonderer Bezugnahme auf die Elbe von Schulau bis Geesthacht. With 5 folding lithographs and 10 charts. Hamburg, Perthes-Besser & Mauke 1842. Orig. boards. 4to. 3 ll., 41 pp.
Schröder 1726.3. - Rapp p. 19. - First and only edition of the rare treatise, "ist nicht in den Buchhandel gekommen, indem sie, bis auf wendige Exemplare, welche an Freunde vertheilt waren, bei dem großen hamb. Brande vernichtet wurde" [transl.:"which did not get into commerce, as they were mostly burnt in the Hamburg fire, except for a few copies that had been given friends"] (Schröder). - With autographed dedication by the author to the syndic Karl Sieveking on the endpaper. - With stamp on rear of title. Binding stained, cloth pasted on spine.
First and only edition of the rare treatise on the Elbe river, "which did not get into commerce, as they were mostly burnt in the Hamburg fire, except for a few copies that had been given friends" (Schröder). With 5 folding lithographs and 10 charts. Orig. boards. - With autographed dedication. With stamp on rear of title. Binding stained, cloth pasted on spine.



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53
Heinrich Hübbe
Wasserstands-Beobachtungen, 1842. [64]
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€ 200 / $ 214
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