USSHER, John. A Journey from London to Persepolis; including wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mespotamia, and Persia. London: Savill & Edwards for Hurst & Blackett, 1865. 8 (250 x 160mm). Half-title. 12pp. publishers' advertisements at end. 18 tinted lithographic plates. (Plates spotted, half-title detached.) Original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind from a design by John Leighton (spine soiled, head and foot of spine repaired with adhesive tape, stitching weak).

细节

USSHER, John. A Journey from London to Persepolis; including wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mespotamia, and Persia. London: Savill & Edwards for Hurst & Blackett, 1865. 8 (250 x 160mm). Half-title. 12pp. publishers' advertisements at end. 18 tinted lithographic plates. (Plates spotted, half-title detached.) Original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind from a design by John Leighton (spine soiled, head and foot of spine repaired with adhesive tape, stitching weak).

FIRST EDITION of this account of the author's journey into the mountains of Daghestan, scene of the contest between Schamyl and the Russian Empire.