Reisen in den Philippinen [with appendices: Ueber die geologische Beschaffenheit der Philippinen [On the Geological State of the Ph]; Ueber alte und neue Schädel von den Philippinen [On Old and New Skulls of the Ph] with notes on the taxes etc.]

Description

381 pp., XVI, numerous text engravings, 10 wood- engraved plates (7 in Jagor’s, 3 in Virchow’s articl)e, 1 folding original-colour lithographic map with multiple insets, EXTREMELY RARE.

1st edition of this classic tome. Jagor as the most detailed observer who did the most valuable work amongst all French, English & German travelers, scientists, merchants & soldiers, who reported on the life & customs of these islands, from 1775 till 1860 “, as the American historian James A. Leroy commented on this publication of the German ethnographer  in 1901.  F. Jagor (1816 – 1900) was known as a perfectionist, unable to accept unfinished work which he would rather not deliver to his publisher. After returning from the Phils., in 1860, he spent the subsequent 13 years for further research on his work then, now called a classic.  He was one of the 1st Europeans to climb Mt. Mayon, explored the caves of the Visayas, describes his travels to Bicol, Samar & Leyte in such detail that many of his recommendations & suggestions are still executable until this very day.