Joseph Partsch (with the collaboration of) Prof. Heinrich Kiepert und Prof. Johannes Romanos zu Korfu: DIE INSEL KORFU,Eine geographische Monographie. Gotha 1887 First and only edition,very large Quarto,publishers paper covers with slight wear,,text clean and bright,complete 97p.,and one big map of Corfu (62x51cm) in scale 1: 100.000 with small tear at left and including three other inset maps of the island and of the city,overall in very good condition. This fine work remains the definitive 19th-century scientific study on the island of Corfu. Joseph Partsch was a giant of German geography,this work was published as a separate supplement to Petermanns Mitteilungen, the world’s leading geographical journal of the time. It is not a diary, but a comprehensive physical and human inventory. Partsch was deeply interested in how the physical landscape shaped history. He analyzed Corfu’s terrain to understand its role throughout its history and its strategic importance.He provided the first detailed scientific analysis of Corfu's limestone ridges, fertile valleys, and its unique humid Mediterranean climate.The book is famous for its high-precision map (at the amazing for the time scale 1: 100,000), which Partsch designed based on his own field investigations with the cooperation of H.Kiepert,the leading German cartographer of that time. He documented the vast olive groves,remnants of Venetian rule and the transition of the island's economy after its incorporation to Greece after detailed material provided to him by Ioannis Romanos (1836-1892),a leading contemporary figure of Corfou and professor at the Ionian Academy.An astonishing, detailed account on Kerkyra island.