Author: Zwick, Heinrich August & Johann Gottfried Schill.
Title: Reise von Sarepta in verschiedene Kalmücken-Horden des Astrachanischen Gouvernements im Jahr 1823 vom 26ten May bis 21ten August neuen Stils in Angelegenheiten der Russischen Bibel-Gesellschaft unternommen von Heinr. Aug. Zwick und Joh. Gottfr. Schill und von ersterem beschrieben.
Description: Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1827. VI,176 pp. 1 fold. b./w. lithogr. map. Contemp. brown marbled boards. 8vo. Very rare first edition in fine condition. - - The Moravian Pastor Zwick reached Sarepta in 1818, where he worked as a pastor and missionary. In 1819 Zwick visited various Kalmyks for the first time and in 1822 wrote the text Diarium about it. Further journeys followed until 1823, even if missionary journeys were only of secondary importance. In 1827 he published his Reise von Sarepta in verschiedene Kalmücken-Horden des Astrachanischen Gouvernements. As early as 1825, Zwick was appointed mayor of Sarepta and was also responsible for community life. Even now he maintained close ties with the Kalmyks in the southern Russian steppe. He left Sarepta in 1836.

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