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Holderness, Mary

Notes Relating to the Manners and Customs of the Crim Tatars, Written During a Four Years' Residence Among that People

1821

462,48 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1821
Lugar de impresión
London. John Warren
Autor
Holderness, Mary
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Asia Women Travellers
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

12mo [16 x 10.5 cm]; vi, [ii, ads], 168 pp, 3 hand colored plates including frontis, with the half title page. contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine title lettering faded, rubbed, corner wear to covers, interior quite good and clean, unmarked, the frontis view has been re-mounted, the other plates are of costumes. A picture of this book is available upon r A narrative of the author's travels in Crimea and her stay in village of Karagoss, for four years ending March 1920. The author based the book on a series of letters she wrote to a friend during her stay, and describes the people, customs, conditions, etc. Atabey 587. Robinson 240: 'Objective, factual and thorough. . . with a clear and unprejudiced eye, telling us plenty about the land and its people but nothing about herself'. The Crimean Tatars (Tartars) with whom she lived treated her and her children who were with here, with unfailing courtesy.
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