Lot 03106

Cunynghame A., “Travels in the Eastern Caucasus, in the Black and Caspian seas and in the frontiers of Turkey and Persia during the summer of 1871”, London 1872. First edition. Large 8vo, 23x16cm. Contemporary green publishers cloth, slightly rubbed, text and plates generally clean, very light scattered spotting, title [14] 367p.[12], two folded maps, 6 lithographed plates and 19 further illustrations in the text .A very good copy. Cunynghame travelled through the Black sea to Caucasus, visiting several coastal cities of the Black Sea before his arrival in Georgia and Armenia. After visiting Ararat he travelled in little known areas along the eastern frontiers of Turkey in Armenia and Kurdistan. He returned via the Caspian Sea and Russia. The appendix list one hundred town and places who had visited during his trip with their mileage. An early travel in unbeaten tracks. Scarce. Not in Atabey or Blackmer.