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Title Po Dalnemu Vostoku. Putevie zametki [Through the Far East. Travel Notes]. |
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Published, Date Goppe, Skt.Peterburg,1899. |
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Description Octavo (19 x 13 cm). Title, dedication leaf, 204 pp., [2], 14 plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering to spine; spine worn chipped at foot. Provenance: Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok (Thailand; inscription on title and gilt lettering to spine foot). |
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Note Uncommon lovely work of rare provenance: given by the author to the Thai Prince Chakrabongse, with a large inscription on the title reading 'Ego Korolevskomu Vysochestvu Printsu Chakrabonu ot avtora, Leybgvardii Semenovskogo polka Poruchika Maksimov. 29 dekabrya 1899 g. Peterburg' [To Its Royal Highness Prince Chakrabon from the author, Maksimov, Lieut. of the Semenovskiy Regiment]. Prince Chakrabongse was sent to St. Petersburg in late 1890s to study at a Page Corps and where he was likely to meet Maksimov. A commissioned ethnographer, the author describes his adventures and impressions of the Far East, including China, Japan and India. The work is illustrated by the Russian artist Karazin in its representative manner, incorporating his sketches to the design of the page. |
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References Skachkov, P.E., No 8788. |
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Stock Number 85264 |
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