Online Auction 06 - Jewish Art and Artists
"From Paris to Samarkand" - Marie de Ujfalvy-Bourdon – Paris, 1880 – Luxury Binding
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De Paris a Samarkand. Le Ferghanah, le Kouldja et la Siberie occidentale. Impressions de voyage d' une Parisienne ["From Paris to Samarkand, Fargʻona, Kouldja and West Siberia. Impressions of a Voyage by a Parisian"], by Marie de Ujfalvy-Bourdon. Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1880. French.
Travel book in central Asia with 273 woodcuts and 5 maps (one in color). Prints depict mainly people, costumes, dishes, buildings and landscapes of the countries which the author visited, created by artists such as E. Metzmacher, E. Bayard, E. Ronjat, and more. Frontispiece print with author's portrait. Fine binding, gold-embossed cover.
[3] leavs, [487] pp + [5] print plates, 487 pp, 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Partly detached binding with some damage. Gilt edges.
Travel book in central Asia with 273 woodcuts and 5 maps (one in color). Prints depict mainly people, costumes, dishes, buildings and landscapes of the countries which the author visited, created by artists such as E. Metzmacher, E. Bayard, E. Ronjat, and more. Frontispiece print with author's portrait. Fine binding, gold-embossed cover.
[3] leavs, [487] pp + [5] print plates, 487 pp, 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Partly detached binding with some damage. Gilt edges.
Travel Literature and Maps
Travel Literature and Maps