31st May, 2017 10:00

Printed Books and Manuscripts
 
  Lot 38
 
Lot 38 - UPDATED ********DAINELLI, Giotto, Dolfo...

UPDATED ********DAINELLI, Giotto, Dolfo (1878-1968). An album of photographs relating to the explorer Giotto Danielli and his expedition to Tibet and Karakorum in 1930. Oblong Folio 435mm x 320mm. The album contains approximately 400 photographs individually captioned. Original green half roan (backstrip torn, text-block loose, rubbed).  Provenance: Ellen Kalau V. Hofe (bearing signature, dated 1930). Helen Kalau, an expert  mountain climber and linguist appears to have possibly complied this photographic journal. Dainelli undertook an expedition in Karakorum (1913-14), considered to be the most important exploratory Italian expedition in Asia in the last century. Please note: It has been suggested that this album is later, possibly 1950's containing photographs on resin and fibre based papers. **************UPDATED

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