Russia
COCHRANE, John Dundas.
A Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary, to the Frontiers of China , the Frozen Sea, and Kamtchatka.
Ballantyne for Constable, Edinburgh, 1829. 2 volumes in 1, 12mo (14 x 8.2 cm). xxxiv-326; vi-262 pp., including 2 portraits engraved in aquatint by Meyer after Harding, with a folding map engraved by J. Walker and a music plate engraved by W. Archibald. Contemporary polished maroon half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, tooled in blind and gilt, with 2 burgundy morocco labels lettered in gilt, speckled edges; slightly rubbed at extremities.
Fine copy of this popular travel, illustrated with the portraits of the author and his wife, and including an interesting plate of 'Specimens of Norwegian Music' with the National Air of Norway and a Favorite Norwegian Mountain Air.
Price: £ 480
US Dollar Price: $ 700
Stock Number: 73540