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Voyages d'un Faux Derviche dans L'Asie Centrale de Teheran a Khiva, Bokhara & Samarcand par le Grand Desert Turkoman.

Voyages d'un Faux Derviche dans L'Asie Centrale de Teheran a Khiva, Bokhara & Samarcand par le Grand Desert Turkoman.

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Voyages d'un Faux Derviche dans L'Asie Centrale de Teheran a Khiva, Bokhara & Samarcand par le Grand Desert Turkoman.

by VAMBERY, ARMINIUS

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Paris.: Hachette.. Abridged Edition.. 1867.. Translated from English by E.D. Forgues. Folding black and white map "Carte du Turkestan pour servir aux voyages D'Arminius Vambery", xxvii + 263pp. heavily foxed first and last leaves with some occasional spotting throughout. 19th century quarter cloth binding, attractive marbled paper boards, cloth stained at head and tail of spine, corners little worn. 17.5 x 11.5cm. French edition of "Travels in Central Asia being an account of a journey from Teheran across the Turkoman desert on the eastern shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand" Text in French. .

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Voyages d'un Faux Derviche dans L'Asie Centrale de Teheran a Khiva, Bokhara & Samarcand par le Grand Desert Turkoman.
Author
VAMBERY, ARMINIUS
Book Condition
Used
Edition
Abridged Edition.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Hachette.
Place of Publication
Paris.
Date Published
1867.
Keywords
Central Asia, Exploration, French Language, Khiva, zz_Gallery_Antiquarian, zz_ListOn_eBay

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Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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Marbled Paper
Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Spine
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