(Berlin: Verlag von A.Asher & Co. , 1883).

VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED WORK ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA. The wonderful lithographic panels were created with the advice and assistance of Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss, who had recently published their magnificent work on the Dead Field of Ancon, also with Asher. They depict the ceremonial and ethnologically and anthropologically interesting masks, bowls, implements and objects created by the Native American tribes of the area.
Captain Adrian Jacobsen was sent to the northwest coast of America for payment of 5,000 RM. On instructions from Adolf Bastian, he traveled from San Francisco to the west coast of North America, including Arizona, until 1882. In the summer of 1882 (July 30, 1882) he set off on an expedition to Alaska. After a total of three and a quarter years, Jacovsen returned to Berlin on November 23, 1883. Item #34517

First Edition. With 13 plates on strong heavy paper-board, the first 5 of which are chromo-lithographic, the following 8 with photographic illustrations and each with a sheet describing the plate illustration. Folio, (52 x 38 cm.), publisher's original half-linen portfolio folder with printed cover describing and titling the work. 2 sheets (Title and foreword by A. Bastian.), 13 pages of text, Internally, the copy is fine with very little evidence of use or of wear, the plates are all in fine condition, the text leaves with some evidence of old damp at the border not affecting the text, wear to the portfolio covers.