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A Journey from London to Persepolis; including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, and Persia. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865.
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USSHER, John (fl, c. 1865)
A Journey from London to Persepolis; including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, and Persia. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865.
First Edition. An account of travels through Russian Daghestan at the time of the Shami uprising, and thence south to view the antiquities of Mesopotamia and Persia. This account follows the journey of the author who sets out to achieve his goal of penetrating the mountains of Daghestan, a success which was only possible through the hospitality of those whom he met along the way. An adventure taken solely for purposes of pleasure and amusement, only to be later published once it was suggested that these records of paths and encounters could prove useful to future travelers looking to venture to these 'comparatively untrodden countries' (preface). Bobins IV 1476; Ghani 379; Wilson 233.
Octavo (251 x 152mm). 18 chromolithographic plates, 12 advertisements at end (some faint finger-soiling, occasional spot confined to margins). Original blue gilt pictorial cloth, uncut (spine slightly faded, binding very lightly soiled, very lightly rubbed). Provenance: Arthur, Duke of Portland.
A Journey from London to Persepolis; including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, and Persia. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865.
First Edition. An account of travels through Russian Daghestan at the time of the Shami uprising, and thence south to view the antiquities of Mesopotamia and Persia. This account follows the journey of the author who sets out to achieve his goal of penetrating the mountains of Daghestan, a success which was only possible through the hospitality of those whom he met along the way. An adventure taken solely for purposes of pleasure and amusement, only to be later published once it was suggested that these records of paths and encounters could prove useful to future travelers looking to venture to these 'comparatively untrodden countries' (preface). Bobins IV 1476; Ghani 379; Wilson 233.
Octavo (251 x 152mm). 18 chromolithographic plates, 12 advertisements at end (some faint finger-soiling, occasional spot confined to margins). Original blue gilt pictorial cloth, uncut (spine slightly faded, binding very lightly soiled, very lightly rubbed). Provenance: Arthur, Duke of Portland.
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