Moser / Van Muyden - A travers l’Asie Centrale - 1885





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Moser / Van Muyden, A travers l’Asie Centrale, first edition (1885) in French, 463-page hardcover published by Plon with fold-out maps or plates, in very good condition.
Description from the seller
Account of a trip undertaken by Henri Moser (1844–1923), Swiss diplomat and explorer, in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva, the Turkmen Desert, the Amu Darya, Ashgabat, Tehran
Red percaline binding
Lenègre binder (note on the second cover)
Very good exterior and interior condition
A few rare foxing spots on the very first and last pages
Top board with an Orientalist motif
Gilding slightly worn, headcaps very slightly compressed
Gutter in good condition, not crushed
Binding solid.
464 pages
170 engravings including 16 heliotypes and 1 large color itinerary map of the route followed.
Account of a trip undertaken by Henri Moser (1844–1923), Swiss diplomat and explorer, in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva, the Turkmen Desert, the Amu Darya, Ashgabat, Tehran
Red percaline binding
Lenègre binder (note on the second cover)
Very good exterior and interior condition
A few rare foxing spots on the very first and last pages
Top board with an Orientalist motif
Gilding slightly worn, headcaps very slightly compressed
Gutter in good condition, not crushed
Binding solid.
464 pages
170 engravings including 16 heliotypes and 1 large color itinerary map of the route followed.

