Kleeman N.:”Reisen von Wien auf der Donau bis das Schwarze Meer …in der Krim..nach Konstantinopel,nach Smyrna und durch Archipelagum in den jahren 1768,1769 und 1770”.Prag 1783

Third edition, but the first with the beautiful views and the map. In 8vo,19x11cm,complete:half title with wood mark, title [26],388p. [1] and 12 folded copper engraved plates, including a map 40x21cm.Modern light green hard covers, some very scattered spotting ,text clean, overall very good.

Kleemann travelled, for trade, via the Danube to the Tartar Crimea, exactly at the beginning of the war of 1768-1774.He was an eyewitness of the fall of the Crimean Chanate and his testimony for the historic events which changed the area is unique .He escaped to Constantinople before the Russian invasion and after travelled to Smyrna and the Greek Archipelago .A fine travel account in the Levant during an historical time. RARE

Atabey 638 (for the French translation which has no plates)