Citation/reference: Arctic bibliography, v. 1 (1953), pages 853-854, entry 5626
Citation/reference: Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, entry 2283
Statement of responsibility: herausgegeben von dem Verein für die deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in Bremen.
Content: Volume 1: LXIX, 699 pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates (6 folded); v. 2: XV, 962 pages, 34 leaves of plates in various numberings (6 folded).
Content: Each volume issued in 2 parts; v. 1: 1873-1874; v. 2: 1874.
Content: Volume 1: "Erste Abtheilung" contains contains half title, title page (dated 1873) and pages [VII]-LXIV, [1]- 288; "Zweite Abtheilung" contains additional title page (dated 1874), "Bemerkung zu den Karten" and pages [LXV]-LXIX, [289]-699. Sometimes found bound in 2 physical volumes, with additional title page dated 1874 bound as title page to second part, followed by "Bemerkung zu den Karten" and pages [LXV]-LXIX (contents and lists of illustrations and maps).
Content: Volume 2: "Erste Abteilung" (identificaton on covers only) contains half title, title page and pages [III]-IV, [1]- 467; "Zweite Abtheilung" contains cancel title page and pages [VII]-XV, [469]-962. Sometimes found bound in 2 physical volumes, with cancel title page bound as title page to second part, followed by preliminary pages [VII]-XV (contents and list of illustrations).
Content: The cancel title page issued with the second part of v. 2 corrects "Mit 31 Tafeln ... und 3 lithografirten Karten" " to "Mit 33 Tafeln ... und einer geologischen Kartenskizze" (see Contents, below).
Content: Volume 1 edited by M. Lindeman and G. Hartlaub; v. 2 by O. Finsch.
Content: Contributors, v. 1, pt. 1: Karl Koldewey, expedition commander and captain of the Germania; Friedrich Hegemann, captain of the Hansa; Adolf Pansch, on the Germania; Gustav Laube and Richard Hildebrandt, on the Hansa; and Konrad Maurer ("Geschichte der Entdeckung Ostgrönlands," pages 201-288). Volume 1, pt. 2: Karl Koldewey, Adolf Pansch, R. Copeland, Julius Payer, Carl Börgen, on the Germania.
Content: Contributors, v. 2: Franz Buchenau, Adolf Pansch, Wilhelm Olbers Focke, Karl Müller, G.W. Körber, G.H. Zeller, H.F. Bonorden, Leopold Fuckel, Gregor Kraus (botany); Adolf Pansch, W.C.H. Peters, Hermann von Nathusius, Alfred Newton, Carl von Kupffer, K.A. Möbius, Reinhold Buchholz, Ludwig Koch, A. Gerstaecker, Alexander von Homeyer, G.H. Kirchenpauer, Oscar Schmidt, Ernst Haeckel, C.G. Ehrenberg (zoology); Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Franz Toula, Oskar Lenz, A. Bauer, Oswald Heer (geology); W. von Freeden, Carl Börgen, Ralph Copeland, Karl Koldewey, Friedrich Hegemann (meteorology and hydography); Carl Börgen, Ralph Copeland, Karl Koldewey (astronomy; geodesy; geomagnetism)
Content: Most of the illustrations in v. 1 are based on sketches by expedition members Julius Payer, Richard Hildebrandt, Adolf Pansch and Gustav Laube; see "Vorwort der Redaction," v. 1, page XII. Also credited here are the painters Edmund Wodick, Albert Zimmermann, Moritz Menzinger and Luise Kugler. Color plate "Grönland" after a design by Luise Kugler, drawn from specimens of flowering plants collected on the expedition. See "Grönländischer Blumenstrauss," by Franz Buchenau, v. 1, pages 680-683. Designers of woodcuts include B. Strassburger and A. Toller; printing of woodcuts by F.A. Brockhaus Xylographische Anstalt. Steel engravings and color lithographs printed by F.A. Brockhaus Geogr.-artist. Anstalt.
Content: Illustrators in v. 2: Leopold Fuckel, Ludwig Koch, Karl Möbius, Oscar Schmidt (authors who illustrated their own texts); Clara Ehrenberg, Johann Strohmayer, Paul Brugier; lithographers: J.D.L. Wagner, Nicolaus Prillwitz; engraver: C.E. Weber.
Content: Maps chiefly by Julius Payer. Include 4 full-page and 6 large maps on folded leaves in v. 1 and 1 map on folded leaf in v. 2; maps are color lithographs, printed by F.A. Brockhaus Geogr.-artist. Anstalt. Map in v. 2: "Geologische Karten-Skizze von Ost-Grönland nach den Beobachtungen u. Sammlungen von Oberl. Julius Payer u. Dr. R. Copeland, entworfen von Dr. Ferdinand von Hochstetter."
Content: "Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Gattungen und Arten, zusammengestellt von O. Finsch": v. 2, pages 937-962.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 volumes :illustrations (some color), portraits, color maps, diagrams ;26 cm