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Cunynghame, Sir Arthur Thurlow, Illustrations By Henry Hardinge, Cunynghame

Travels in the Eastern Caucasus, on the Caspian and Black Seas, Especially in Daghestan, and on the Frontiers of Persia and Turkey During the Summer of 1871

1872

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Year of publication
1872
Place of printing
London. John Murray
Author
Cunynghame, Sir Arthur Thurlow, Illustrations By Henry Hardinge , Cunynghame
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; xvi, 367 [ii, ads], 12 [publisher's catalogue dated Nov 1872] pp, 8 wood-engraved plates including the frontis, 2 folding maps, many other engraved illus. original green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, very good+ clean condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ghani, p. 86, Nerhood 303. The author and his son, travelled widely in the area, describing their tour, via Vienna, the Danube to Bucharest, Schumla, Varna on the Black Sea, to Constantinople, Odessa, Nicolaef, the Crimea, Sebastopol, Balaclava, Kertch, Sea of Azof, the Don and Volga, Astrakhan, Kalmuck, Astrakhan, the Caspian, Petrolvks, Tsura, Guinib, Honsak, Bodlith, Wedden, Grosnia, Vladicavcas, Mount Kasvec, Tiflis, Kajori, Erivan, Mount Ararat, Alexandropol, Borjome, Poti, etc. The appendix lists the hundreds of towns visited, with their mileages.