[Collection] “Puteltsecvie pa Slavianskit Obliastiat Evropeiskoi Turcii” (Travels in the Slavic Provinces of European Turkey), Sanct Peterburski (Saint Petersburg) 1878. First and only edition, in 8vo 20x15cm, contemporary Russian leather over boards, binding very slightly rubbed, 19th century stamps, internally clean. Complete 327p.,overall very good. AN EXTREMELY RARE collection of around 20 independent travel accounts in the Slavic provinces of European Turkey, almost all in first edition. These travel accounts were written by Russians, Serbs and Bulgarians travelers in the Balkan, between 1850s-1876 and are collected in the spirit of Panslavism, and published to underline the mainly Slavic character of the northern part of Balkan peninsula, including all Macedonia, boosting the Russian goal in the Balkans for the creation of a Great Bulgaria. CONTAINS: Journey to Bosnia in August 1875, Bosnia in 1876-77, Thessaloniki 1863, view of Bulgarian Thessaloniki part I, view of Bulgarian Thessaloniki part II, travel from Thessaloniki to Monastiri, to the Ancient Bulgarian capital, Visit to the Monasteries of Macedonia, to the field of the battle of Kosovo, to the monasteries of Kosovo and the city Pristina, to old Serbia, from Pristina to the east, from Kraina in Bosnia to Novipazar etc. A unique collection of difficult accessible travel accounts of precious historical value. EXTREMELY RARE