1814, ISBN: 0251a0b54d330fce4eb3e9ff4bcd2bbb

[SC: 8.48], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments wit… More...

[SC: 8.48], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments with decorative gilt horizontal ruling and central devices, upper and lower boards with gilt ruling, marbled edges, marbled upper and lower free end papers, folding maps of the Caucasus as frontispiece., One of the very few important books on Caucasus.Heinrich Julius Klaproth (1783?1835) was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods. Klaproth was an orientalist or an "Asiatologist," in that he had a good command not only of Chinese, but also Manchu, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and even Caucasian languages., Size : Quarto, Illustrated with two large folding hand-coloured maps. , Ex-Libris of Walter Strickland.<

1814, ISBN: 0251a0b54d330fce4eb3e9ff4bcd2bbb

[SC: 8.36], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments wit… More...

[SC: 8.36], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments with decorative gilt horizontal ruling and central devices, upper and lower boards with gilt ruling, marbled edges, marbled upper and lower free end papers, folding maps of the Caucasus as frontispiece., One of the very few important books on Caucasus.Heinrich Julius Klaproth (1783?1835) was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods. Klaproth was an orientalist or an "Asiatologist," in that he had a good command not only of Chinese, but also Manchu, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and even Caucasian languages., Size : Quarto, Illustrated with two large folding hand-coloured maps. , Ex-Libris of Walter Strickland.<

1814, ISBN: 0251a0b54d330fce4eb3e9ff4bcd2bbb

[SC: 8.15], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments wit… More...

[SC: 8.15], [PU: Henry Colburn., London], BOOK RUSSIA; VOYAGES GENERAL; ASIA MIDDLE EAST, contemporary full calf, spine with ten raised bands, title in gilt on two, spine compartments with decorative gilt horizontal ruling and central devices, upper and lower boards with gilt ruling, marbled edges, marbled upper and lower free end papers, folding maps of the Caucasus as frontispiece., One of the very few important books on Caucasus.Heinrich Julius Klaproth (1783?1835) was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods. Klaproth was an orientalist or an "Asiatologist," in that he had a good command not only of Chinese, but also Manchu, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and even Caucasian languages., Size : Quarto, Illustrated with two large folding hand-coloured maps. , Ex-Libris of Walter Strickland.<