Hét év Új-Guineában. Levelek két világrészből (Seven years in New Guinea. Letters from two parts of the world)
Budapest: Világirodalom, 1924. First edition. In original half cloth, 193 p. In very good condition, Owner’s stamp in front end-paper.
Lajos Bíró (1856–1931) was among the first Hungarian scientists to travel to Papua New Guinea (then German New Guinea) to pursue zoological and ethnographic research. He spent half a decade studying the indigenous, cannibal tribes of New Guinea and the nature of the North-Eastern area of the island. He created a collection of about 200,000 animals that include several previously unknown species. He documented his travels and research with his camera. This book, published a year after his death contains numerous reproductions of his photographs.
Price: €100.00