Send us your name and email address.
We'll add you to our subscriber list and alert you to new catalogues and similar news
Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
Egor Fedorovich Timlovski travelled China and Mongolia extensively in the early nineteenth century and was instrumental in the establishment of a Russian Embassy in Peking. This narrative of his travels was first published in Russian in 1824. This 1827 edition was translated by Julius von Klaproth, a close associate of the great explorer Alexander von Humboldt. He describes in detail the geography, resources and customs of the people of China, Mongolia and Turkestan. There is a fine folding route map, plan of Peking and another of the Russian embassy in Peking. Provenance: Leicester Free Library. Cordier BS 2473.
TIMKOVSKI, Egor Fedorovich
Voyage a Peking, a travers la Mongolie, en 1820 et 1821
Paris, 1827
Quarto (320 x 255 mm.), in recent green cloth binding by Garner, Russell & Co whose label is inside the front cover. Slight wear to upper hinge. pp. 32; illustrated title page to the atlas dated 1826, folding route map, 2 folding plans and 8 lithographic plates. Some light foxing to plates as usual and blind stamp to a few leaves.
Stock number: 5036
SOLD