By Ida Pfeiffer

Published: London Ward and Lock

Size: 8" by 5.5" Pagination: xii [1], 2-338pp

A smart English language translation of Ida Pfeiffer's account of her global travels, illustrated throughout with tinted plates.

By Ida Pfeiffer

1856 A Woman's Journey Round the World

Name: 1856 A Woman's Journey Round the World
SKU: 972F16
Price: 70 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Ward and Lock

Size: 8" by 5.5" Pagination: xii [1], 2-338pp

A smart English language translation of Ida Pfeiffer's account of her global travels, illustrated throughout with tinted plates.

£70.00

weight: 1kgs / stock code: 972F16

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Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The sixth edition of this work.

An English language translation of Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer Ida Pfeiffer's account of her travels.

Illustrated with a tinted frontispiece, title page, and ten further tinted plates. Collated, complete.

With discussion of time spent in Brazil, Cape Horn, China, the East Indies, Persia, Russia, and Athens.

Pfeiffer journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometres through Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa.

Inscription to front free endpaper.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Board perimeters and back strip lightly age toned. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards firmly held. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Tide mark to title page, with pages otherwise bright and generally clean.

Overall: Good

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