Ney N., “En Asie central a la vapeur. La mer Noire, la Crimee, Le Caucase…”, Paris 1888. First edition. Publisher’s paperboards, frayed at edges and dusty, partly restored, internally clean, complete 466p. A good copy. Napoleon Ney travelled to Samarkand via the Black sea and the Caucasus. His detailed itinerary to the then newly incorporated Russian Asia became widely known and a classic travel of late 19th century.