NORTH AFRICA [Sahara]

Rainer-K. Langner [Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (April 14, 1831 - June 2, 1896) was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. He was born at Vegesack. There was much pressure on Rohlfs to be in the medicine field, and he eventually joined the French Foreign Legion in a medical capacity. Serving for some time as a personal physician to a Moroccan nobleman, he eventually set off on his own, exploring the oases of Morocco. It was on this trip that he was attacked and left for dead, his leg almost severed from his body. These injuries would keep him from returning to Europe for most of his life; the cold weather somehow aggravating them. After this trip, Rohlfs was the first European to cross Africa from Tripoli across the Sahara d

(Book #ID 77402)

Published By S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt 2004. 2004.

Publisher's original card wrap covers [softback] with map to the front cover and archive photographs to the rear. 8vo. 9'' x 6½''. ISBN 9771433350. Contains printed pages of Arabic text with monochrome photographs to the centre. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9771433350

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Römmler and Jones, Dresden

(Book #ID 113667)

Römmler and Jones, Dresden circa 1900.

5½'' x 3½'' unused colour post card. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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