Tchihatcheff Piotr De, “Asie Mineure Description Physique, Statistique et Archaeologique… 1re Partie. – Geographie Physique Comparee. ATLAS”, Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853. COMPLETE. First Edition, folio (36 x 28cm.). Photographic portrait of the author (mounted albumen photograph) and 27 numbered lithographed plates (published separately in 7 livraisons,1853/55, and inserted as loose plates in their original printed wrappers). Most plates without any trace of spotting, mostly marginal, wrappers slightly worn. Piotr Tchihatcheff (1808-1890) was a Russian naturalist, geologist and the first to undertake a scientific exploration of Asia Minor, including in his work diverse scientific fields such as zoology, geology, archaeology, botanology. Here, the complete Atlas of Asia Minor views from this monumental work, including very rare views of Smyrna, Trebizond, Sinope, Heraclea, Kayadjik, Kutahia, Afion and many other Asia Minor cities and places in the middle of 19th century. Extremely Rare