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Peter fleming - travels from tartary - alden press - hardback - 384 pages - 21 cm x 15 cm - first editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook is in good condition good binding clean bright contents occasional small markour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautifully photographed record of a journey peking china to kashmir encounters with nomadic tribes chinese and indian cultures described read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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49 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinevertheless complete in itselfin very good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethese memoirs recount the diplomatic missions of baron de tott () employed at the french embassy in constantinople from to and then consul of france in crimea from onwardthe book was translated and read throughout europe with interest, lending credibility to the thesis of a declining ottoman empire1 octavo volume of xxxv-ppthus its english translation was one of the new york society library's most borrowed works for the yearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea lovely copy complete of the first 2 parts in 1 volume bound in good quality full glazed calfskinsecond edition, the first one was published in amsterdam in , of this invaluable document on the ottoman empire, the crimea and many regions of lesser tartary, the balkans, greece, etcbinding in good conditioninside very fresh and cleanwithout the third and fourth partsat the end of the 18th centurythere are observations of great merit "and his style is in general sharper and purer than that of ordinary travellers"catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
48 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigood impression on laid paperfull title: "a view of the celebrated great wall of china,which divides that empire from tartary, & was originally built to prevent the invasions of the tartars"yellowing paperour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean illustration to george henry millar's 'the new and universal system of geography, being a complete history and description of the whole worldplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition is goodcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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28 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidel reverendo john trusler, si descrive lo stato presente delle genti in tutte le parti del globo, da nord a sud, mostrando la situazione degli animali di produzione del clima dei diversi regni e stati, includendo tutte le nuove scoperte e le buone maniere, gli scambi doganali, le forme religiose e di governo, gli abitanti e ogni cosa che li rispetti e tutto ciò che può essere di informazione al lettore, raccolto dagli ultimi membri di storici e viaggiatori per tutte le nazioniour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe volume in question accurately describes siberia and tartary, provinces of the russian empirecoeval leather hardback, cover with golden panel, spine with 5 raised bands and panels with golden titles and friezes, marbled endpapers, size 22 x 14 cm, 327 pages, with 8 tipped-in plates; printed in london, under the direction of the author, inthe photos are an integral part of the lot, which will be shipped with the utmost care and with tracking numbercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
42 €