Der Fremde in Salzburg.

C.19th travel guide of Salzburg, beautifully rebound in full black pebbled leather, with five raised bands, maroon title labels with gilt lettering. Further gilt decorations to covers, small octavo (174mm x 105mm), 215pp including index, small folded lithographic view of Salzburg. With the book plate of the distinguished Australian botanist, Sophie Ducker on inside cover.

Dr Sophie Charlotte Ducker AM (1909-2004) was a German-born Australian botanist who was awarded the Mueller Medal in 1996. She was born Sophie Charlotte von Klemperer[2] in Dresden. She studied at the Cheltenham Ladies’ College in England. She began the study of botany at the University of Geneva and the University of Stuttgart. She stopped her studies in 1931 when she married Johann Friedrich Ducker. The family left Germany at the outbreak of hostilities and moved to Tehran, Persia. In 1941, they were forced to move again and settled in Australia.