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Xavier Hommaire de. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea
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Xavier Hommaire de. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea

MBA004: Lot 38. HELL, Xavier Hommaire de.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.

£150 - £200

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 88110

Chapman and Hall, London, 1847.

This journey to the Crimea was essentially for the purpose of geological research, especially to examine the great question of the rupture of the Bosphorus.

Description

First English edition. 8vo (21.7 x 14.2 cm). Title, viii, 436, [2] pp. Contemporary green calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco gilt label, marbled edges and endpapers.

Provenance

Provenance: John Ryden (manuscript dedication on first leaf).

Bibliography

Atabey 592; not in Blackmer.