Description: Two volumes, 1875. Folding map and 14 woodcut plates. The last plate in 2nd volume is photocopied. A very good set, bound in contemporary gilt half leather. Journey in the Caucasus, Persia and Turkey Persia and Armenia - very rare set! Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very Good Max von Thielmann: Caucasus, Persia and Turkey London: 1875. Two volume set. Author:Max von Thielmann; Charles Heneage Full title:Journey in the Caucasus, Persia, and Turkey in Asia (2 Volumes) Publisher:John Murray, 1875 Edition:First Edition First Edition. Category: Travel & Places, Antiquarian & Rare. Language: English. Rare The first English edition translated by Charles Heneage. Book Condition: Good Condition. Cloth flecked. Front flyleaf of volume 1 removed. Cracking at the folding map, still holding by the threads. 3cm closed tear to the top edge of the final advertisement leaf in volume 1. With the publisher's catalogue, folding map in two colours with author's route in red, wood-engraved plates, one corner a little bumped, occasional light spotting; a very good set with old ownership inscriptions to title-pages. First English edition of this travelogue of an arduous journey starting in Odessa, through the Caucasus into Persia, crossing from the Caspian Sea into modern Iraq, south of Baghdad, then turning West through Syria to Lebanon. Pages 67 to 281 in volume II are devoted to the journey from Persia to the Mediterranean. Thielmann was secretary to the German embassy in Saint Petersburg. He intended this travelogue to serve as a handbook for travellers of these vast regions and distances.
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Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: England
Publisher: John Murray, 1875
Subject: History
Modified Item: Yes
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1875
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: Middle East
Author: Max von Thielmann
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Travel
