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RUSSIA ON THE BLACK SEA AND SEA OF AZOF Being A Narrative of Travels in The Crimea And Bordering Provinces; With Notices of The Naval, Military, And Commercial Resources of Those Countries. SEYMOUR, Henry Danbey 1820-1877. Published by London: John Murray, 1855. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 361, 32(ads). 4 lithographed maps & plans (3 folding). 2 wood-engraved plates by J. W. Whymper. untrimmed & partly unopened in original blind-stamped cloth minor repairs to head and tail of spine. First Edition. Including chapters on the Russian Navy and Army, a list of Russian ships in the Black Sea in January 1853 and a translation of Field Marshall Suvorof's Discourse Under the Trigger. From the preface. The following work is partly the result of my own personal observation, and partly a compilation from some of the most approved authors who have written on the Crimea and the resources of Russia. It was prepared for the press during last winter, and the publication of it has been retarded by the attention which, for the last few months, I have been obliged to bestow on other matters. As the Crimea is still an object of deep interest, and as I am not aware that the notices I have collected have yet been presented to the public in a succinct form, I hope by the following pages that I may help to satisfy public curiosity and add something to the stock of information which we possess respecting the Southern parts of European Russia. Having paid one visit to the Crimea in the year 1844, and two visits to Southern Russia in 1844 and 1846, I have been able to correct and verify the descriptive parts of the book by my own experience. The careful work of M. Dubois de Montreux has been my principal guide on geology, archeology, and ancient history, and from his magnificent atlas I have borrowed a few illustrations . Provenance; Professor Iser Steiman s Personal Collection; Dr Iser Steiman passed away at the age of 83, leaving behind a treasury of books, both written and collected. One of his infamous works is the English translation of Fundamentals of Aviation Medicine by the Pavlov Institute of Aviation Medicine. Price USD $420.00. Seller Inventory # ID#CL549
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