Mongolie et pays des Tangoutes [Texte imprimé] / work transl - Lot 207

Mongolie et pays des Tangoutes [Texte imprimé] / work translated from Russian... by G. Du Laurens,... ; preceded by a preface by M. E. Delmar-Morgan and an introduction by Colonel Yule ; translated from English... by J. Belin de Launay... Author(s) : Prževal'skij, Nikolaj Mihajlovic (1839-1888) Publication : Paris : Hachette, 1880 Material description : 1 vol. (LVI-344 p.) : fig, map, pl., portrait of Prjevalski ; in-8 Other author(s) : Morgan, E. Delmar. Preface Yule, Henry (1820-1889). Preface Du Laurens, G.. Translator Belin de Launay, Jules (1814-1883). Translator Notice n° : FRBNF31152984 Mongolia and the land of the Tanguts; Nicolas Prjevalski. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1880. Large in-8, green half calf, ornate spine, gilt crown numeral at tail, marbled combed edges (Binding of the period). Chadenat, n°4387. First edition of the French translation, illustrated with 4 fold-out maps and 42 woodcuts. Polish naturalist Nicolas Prjevalski (1839-1888) served as an officer in the Russian army and explored Central Asia in the 1870s. From his travels in the wilds of Mongolia and northern Tibet, he brought back numerous observations and samples of fauna, flora, minerals, descriptions of geography and ethnography, etc., and gave his name to a species of wild Asian horse. Copy of the Duc de Chartres, bound in his cipher. Spine faded. A fine copy. Ref. BNF : FRBNF31152984