Nikolaï Nikolaevich MOURAVIEV
Voyage en Turcomanie et a Khiva fait en 1819 et 1820
Louis Tenré|Paris 1823|13 x 21 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation, with some parts in first edition as revised by J.B. Eyriès and J. Klaproth.
Full glazed black calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, joints cracked at head and foot, minor rubbing to spine, headcaps worn, single gilt fillet border on boards stamped with a large romantic arabesque in blind, corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Our copy lacks the folding map, scattered foxing.
However, the folding table "Aperçu des tribus turcomanes" is present.
Rare.
Full glazed black calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, joints cracked at head and foot, minor rubbing to spine, headcaps worn, single gilt fillet border on boards stamped with a large romantic arabesque in blind, corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Our copy lacks the folding map, scattered foxing.
However, the folding table "Aperçu des tribus turcomanes" is present.
Rare.
€300