Lot of scripts and photographs around the expedition of the Italian geologist and geographer Gioto Dainelli (1878.1968).

CONTAINS:
1. Dainelli, Giotto, geologist and geographer, (1878-1968). Handwritten dedication with signature, dated 6th of March 1934. In: Dainelli, G. La Esplorazione della Regione fra l'Himàlaja occidentale e il Caracorùm. With 46 (thereunder 22 folded) plates. Bologna, (1934). Original brochure (browned, a little bumped). - Dedicated to Elly (Elisabeth) Kalau von Hofe, Danellis' assistant.
2. "Dainelli. Spedizione Caracorùm e Tibet 1930" (spine title). Collection of original photographs, scripts, separate printings and articles on the expedition in Karakorum and Tibet. Contemporary leather (a little twisted).
3. 15 manuscript letter, dedication and signatures (mostly folded and browned). Thereunder Virchow, Rudolf, pathologist, (1821-1902); Negri, Giovanni, botanist, (1877-1960); Haendler, Otto, author, (1851-1929), and others.
4. 22 (mostly folded) woodcutting maps.
5. 24 original photographs, gelatine silver prints, partly mounted or attached on boards. Vintages. Ca. 9 x 14 to 34 x 30 cm.
6. Lots of newspaper articles and heliogravures from Dainellis' publications.

Provenance: Elly Kalau von Hofe; Bodmer family (SIKA Zürich); Swiss private property.