RAE, EDWARD: - The White Peninsula, A Journey in Russian Lapland and Karelia. London, John Murray, 1881.. Pp. xviii, 347. With one folding coloured map in rear pocket and 15 woodcut illustrations and 12 lovely etchings by the author. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, front hinge weak. Ex. library copy. A clean and fresh copy. First edition of a charming and informative travelogue from the far north of Russia and Finland. The journey starts at North Cape (Norway) and continues around the Kola Peninsula and Karelia. Includes tables of birds and flowers found in the area and a vocabulary of Samoyede, Russian Lapp and Russian. Schiötz 838. EUR 460.00 [Appr.: US$ 519.72 | £UK 391.75 | JP¥ 75320] Book number 100090is offered by:
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