Voyage à travers la Mongolie et la Chine traduit du russe . par A. Kuscinski et contenant 90 gravures d'après les croques de l'auteur et une carte

Piasetski?, Pavel Iakovlevitch

Published by Librairie Hachette et cie, Paris, 1883

About this Item

First complete French edition and first edition in a western language; excerpts from the book had previously appeared under the title "Voyage en Chine (1874-1875)" in Le Tour du Monde in 1882. Large 8vo (approx. 11¼" x 8"), pp. [6], 563, [1]; title page printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece portrait, full-page map, 89 engravings on wood, many full-page; contemporary three-quarter blue crushed levant over decorative marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, t.e.g.; near fine throughout. In 1874, the Russian government sent a mission to China composed of Pavel Piasetskii (1843-1919), staff officer Sossnovskii and the topographer Matoussovskii. The main purpose of this mission was to study the economic situation of the Chinese empire and especially its trade with Russia. Piasetski? was the artist on the expedition which traversed Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the first expeditions to traverse the entire Gobi Desert. Cordier, Sinica, 2453.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voyage à travers la Mongolie et la Chine traduit du russe . par A. Kuscinski et contenant 90 gravures d'après les croques de l'auteur et une carte
• Publisher: Librairie Hachette et cie, Paris
• Publication Date: 1883
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • China
  • Exploration