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UKHTOMSKY, Esper Esperovich., Prince. Voyage en Orient de Son Altesse Impériale le Césarevitch. Volume 2 (of 2). Translated by Louis Leger. Paris: Charles Delagrave, 1893. 2° (370 x 270mm). Portrait frontispiece on china paper, colour-printed map of Egypt, and 54 plates (of 55? possibly lacking one between pp.124 and 125) after N. Karazin, and illustrations throughout. (Some spotting.) Publisher's original calf, richly tooled, white moir© silk endpapers blocked in gilt, gauffred gilt edges (some scuffing and spotting). Provenance: a European Royal collection.
FIRST EDITION IN THE PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING of the first French edition of this richly illustrated account of Tsarevich Nicholas's journey to the east. This volume, published 5 years after the first, details the journey through Siberia, China, South East Asia, and Japan -- where Nicholas survived an attempt on his life.
FIRST EDITION IN THE PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING of the first French edition of this richly illustrated account of Tsarevich Nicholas's journey to the east. This volume, published 5 years after the first, details the journey through Siberia, China, South East Asia, and Japan -- where Nicholas survived an attempt on his life.
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