Russia
SPENCER, Edmund
Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary, &c. including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black Sea.
Henry Colburn, London 1839. Third edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., Illustrated with 2 hand-coloured frontispieces, 1 folding map, 2 lithograph plates, illustrations in the text, contemporary Eton binding of blue polished calf gilt, covers with wide gilt borders, spines richly gilt in compartments, tan morocco lettering pieces, a fine set.
Spencer's first work on the area. Spencer went to Turkey in 1836. It is not clear how long he stayed but according to his own account he travelled extensively in the Caucasus, along the shores of the Black Sea and in Asia Minor. This edition revised with a short vocabulary. Blackmer 1580; Weber 300; Abbey Travel 354 (1st edition).
Price: £ 1250
US Dollar Price: $ 2480
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