Author

ABBOTT, Captain James.

Title

Narrative of a Journey
from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, during the late Russian invasion of Khiva; with some account of the Court of Khiva and the Kingdom of Khaurism.

Published, Date

W.H. Allen, London,1884.

Description

Third and best edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxxii, 392; viii, 329pp., lithographed frontispiece, large folding linen-backed map, 1 plate, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, an excellent set. Provenance: New South Wales, Library of Parliament (gilt stamp to upper covers and spine feet).

Note

First published in 1842, this edition revised. The author was an officer in the Bengal Artillery and was sent on a political mission by the British envoy in Harat to the Khan of Khiva at a time when Russian troops were threatening, and the Khan had requested British assistance. An account of his journey to, and stay in Khiva, his capture by robbers on the return journey to Harat, and his ultimate escape.

References

Ghani 2 (earlier edition).

Stock Number

77347