Author

DEMIDOFF, E[lim], Prince San Donato.

Title

After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia.

Published, Date

Rowland Ward, London,1900.

Description

First edition. 8vo., xii, 324pp., 8 pages ads at end, colour frontispiece, 20 full-page plates, numerous illustrations in text, folding map in pocket at rear, original light blue cloth gilt, a fine bright copy.

Note

This work represents some of the best writing on Asian sheep hunting. Demidoff and his wife travelled to the Ob River in Siberia, then on to the Altai. Ovis ammon, ibex, antelope, and roe deer were amongst the animals bagged.

References

Czech, Asia, p62.

Stock Number

82833