Lot 91

J. B. Fraser, Reisen und Abenteuer in den Persischen Provinzen an den Ufern des Caspischen Sees. Jena 1826.

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€ 200
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€ 140
Lot: 91
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: James B(aillie) Fraser
Fraser, James B(aillie): Reisen und Abenteuer in den Persischen Provinzen an den Ufern des Caspischen Sees. Jena: Bran'sche Buchhandlung 1826. 22,4 x 13,9 cm. 1 volume, 184 pages. Modern blue cardboard. White spine label with a handwritten title.

(The pages are lightly browned. Trimmed at the top only; otherwise untrimmed.)

Henze II, 281 ff. Embacher 353. – The first English edition was published in 1826 under the title ‘Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea’. He was the first to describe certain parts of Persia and to correct long-held misconceptions.