Author: Genkel, Prof. G. G.
Title: Grezy I Dumy Vostoka
Description: Leningrad, Izdatelstvo "P. P. Soikin, 1926. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-79, [1]; beige, pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings; a small, closed cut to top edge of front wrap; staples showing at hinges; overall in very good condition. German Germanovich Genkel (1865 - 1940) was a Russian educator, orientalist, translator, and art critic. He taught at and headed various institutions in Irkutsk, Tiflis, Batumi, and St. Petersburg, and worked as a "Consultant on Jewish Affairs" for the Ministry of the Interior. His current book, containing two parts on China and Japan, was aimed at acquainting the readers with "what people there once dreamed about, what they thought about, and how they imagined life" through the literature of the two countries. Very good .

Keywords: Far East, Russia


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