Venezuela. La Gran Sabana by Karl Weidmann.

Published by Oscar Todtmann, Caracas, Venezuela, 1986. Second Edition, large format, fine with fine protected dust jacket. 184 pages. Landscape photographs in color by Karl Weidmann of dramatic landscapes of southeastern Venezuela, including major waterfalls, mountains, valleys, and other features.  Text in Spanish. Not to be confused with the much more common 1995 reprint.  Summary:

La Gran Sabana by Swiss-Venezuelan photographer Karl Weidmann is a seminal photographic survey dedicated to the awe-inspiring landscape of southeastern Venezuela's Guayana region. Published by Oscar Todtmann Editores, the photobook offers an immersive visual exploration of Canaima National Park, showcasing the region's ancient, flat-topped table mountains (tepuis), vast savanna expanses, dramatic river valleys, and cascading waterfalls—including views of Angel Falls. Combining large-format color photography with insightful historical and botanical text contributions by scholars such as Manuel Pérez Vila and Otto Huber, the work balances naturalistic documentation with high aesthetic artistry to capture the unique geological age, biodiversity, and mystic grandeur of one of the planet's oldest ecosystems.

Karl Weidmann (c. 1924–2008) was a Swiss-born photographer, author, and naturalist who became one of Venezuela’s most prominent visual chroniclers. Emigrating from Europe to Venezuela in the late 1940s after World War II, Weidmann fell in love with the country's diverse biomes and made it his lifelong home. Over several decades, he traveled extensively across Venezuela's wilderness—from the Andes and Orinoco Delta to the Amazonian rainforests and the Gran Sabana—documenting its flora, fauna, and geography. A pioneer in environmental photography and publishing in South America, Weidmann authored and illustrated numerous influential photo books through Oscar Todtmann Editores—including Venezuela, Kukenán, and La Gran Sabana—which played a major role in promoting nature conservation and popularizing Venezuela's unique natural heritage internationally.