Author: HEDIN, SVEN:
Title: En färd genom Asien 1893-97. Two volumes. Stockholm 1898.
Description: . Pp. xii, (2), 565, (4); (vi), 537, (5). With 4 maps (of which 2 large folding and one double page in colour) and 258 illustrations, of which many full page plates. Publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, somewhat rubbed at extremities, slightly shaken. Old ownership signatures on pastedowns and front endpapers, also erased signatures on front endpapers. First edition of Hedin's narrative of his first expedition to Asia during the years 1893-97. It covers his explorations in the Pamirs, the deserts of the Takla Makan, and the Lop Nor regions, Tsaidam and Southern Tibet. He travelled 6250 miles, 2020 of them through regions never before visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2853. Hess p. 19. Yakushi H97.
Keywords: East Asia, tibet, china, kina, chinese, chine, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,
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Title: En färd genom Asien 1893-97. Two volumes. Stockholm 1898.
Description: . Pp. xii, (2), 565, (4); (vi), 537, (5). With 4 maps (of which 2 large folding and one double page in colour) and 258 illustrations, of which many full page plates. Publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, somewhat rubbed at extremities, slightly shaken. Old ownership signatures on pastedowns and front endpapers, also erased signatures on front endpapers. First edition of Hedin's narrative of his first expedition to Asia during the years 1893-97. It covers his explorations in the Pamirs, the deserts of the Takla Makan, and the Lop Nor regions, Tsaidam and Southern Tibet. He travelled 6250 miles, 2020 of them through regions never before visited by Europeans. Cordier BS 2853. Hess p. 19. Yakushi H97.
Keywords: East Asia, tibet, china, kina, chinese, chine, travel, travels, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic,
Price: EUR 280.00 = appr. US$ 304.32 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99203
- Book number: 99203
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