General geography
The Allgemeine Länderkunde was published from 1891 to 1935 by the Bibliographisches Institut in five editions. For several decades it was the international standard work on geography .
The editor and main author was Wilhelm Sievers (1860–1921), Professor of Geography in Giessen . Staff were other prominent geographers of the time, especially Alfred Philippson ( Bern / Bonn ), Willy Kükenthal ( Breslau / Berlin ), Friedrich Hahn ( Königsberg ) and Emil Deckert ( Frankfurt am Main / Berlin). After the First World War and Sievers' death, a final edition in a smaller format was published in 1924–32.
expenditure
- First edition in five volumes , 1891–95
- Second edition in six volumes , 1901–05
- Small edition in two volumes , 1907
- Third edition in six volumes , 1914 (due to the outbreak of war this became an incomplete edition)
- Third / fourth edition , 1924–32 ( "Allgemeine Länderkunde, founded by W. Sievers" )