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ATKINSON, Thomas Witlam: - Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China with adventures among the mountain Kirghis and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi and Gelyaks. The hunting and pastoral tribes. Second edition.

Title: Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China with adventures among the mountain Kirghis and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi and Gelyaks. The hunting and pastoral tribes. Second edition.
Description: London, Hurst and Blackett, 1861, gr. in-8vo, colored front. + XIII + 570 p., with 1 map and numerous illustrations, small legacy stamp on first flyleaf 'Guggisberg', original half-leather, with large corners, spine on 5 bands gilt. Fine copy. ¶ In this work, Atkinson continues his observations while travelling in the Eastern portions of the Russian Empire. He focuses on the natural history and ethnography of the region, but includes vignettes of hunting for maral, ibex, bear, argali, and wild boar. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of Asian Big Game Hunting. p. 15.

Keywords: travel, exploration voyage Russia Russie, Russia, Russland, Ru§land discovery, discoveries decouverte Asia Asie, Asia, Asien

Price: CHF 220.00 = appr. US$ 218.28 Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
- Book number: 96077