Travels in Central Asia, being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand
by VAMBERY, Arminius;
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1864, First edition. . recent red simulated morocco backed marbled boards, with silver spine title lettering, marbled edges, inscription on endpaper, dated 1878, a clean fine copy in handsome binding. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i], 443 pp, 12 plates including frontis, folding map hand-colored in outline (clean tear & split at fold), tables. . Wilson 234. Ghani 381. Sykes (History of Exploration) 246: 'a celebrated journey in disguise across Persia to Bokhara and Samarkand'. 'Of considerable value' (Baker). The frontis of 'Dervishes at Bokhara' gives some idea of the author's disguise as a dervish through much of his travels, the original goal of which was to determine the sources of the Hungarian language. His description of the peoples and their customs is most interesting. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J8384
- Title
- Travels in Central Asia, being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand
- Author
- VAMBERY, Arminius;
- Format/Binding
- Recent red simulated morocco backed marbled boards, with silver spine title lettering, marbled edges, inscription on endpaper, d
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray, 1864, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i], 443
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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