1877 Turkistan: Notes of A Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja

Description

Early Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second American edition. First published in 1876. 

Illustrated with monochrome frontispieces, two folding maps, fifteen monochrome vignettes, and nine monochrome wood engraved plates to 'Volume I'. A monochrome frontispiece and nine monochrome wood engraved plates, four monochrome vignettes, and a folding map to 'Volume II'. Collated, complete. 

A two volume complete set. 

Eugene Schuyler's important account of his travels through Turkistan. Schuyler was an American writer, explorer and diplomat, and is best known for this significant historical account of central Asia. Schuyler travelled to Turkistan to study the political, social and religious conditions of the regions which had been taken over by the Russian conquest, and to compare the conditions of those under Russia's rule and those kept by the Khans. The work was notable for its detailed descriptions of life and customs in those regions. 

Accompanied with engravings by Verestchagin, the notable Russian war artist. 

In the publisher's original gilt cloth. 

'Springfield Town Library' copy with their labels to the pastedowns.