Russian travellers in Mongolia and China.

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The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the first expeditions to traverse the entire Gobi Desert. First edition in English. Two volumes, 8vo., vi, 321; vi, 315pp., wood-engravings in the text, some full-page, original green cloth gilt, neat repairs to extremities, a very good set. Cordier 2435; Morrison I p594.

• Binding: Hardcover

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