Caucasus - KLAPROTH (Julius). Trip to Mount... - Lot 93 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux

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Caucasus - KLAPROTH (Julius). Trip to Mount... - Lot 93 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux
Caucasus - KLAPROTH (Julius). Trip to Mount Caucasus and Georgia. Paris, Gosselin, 1833. 2 vol. in-8, cherry half calf, richly decorated smooth spine. 1 ff.n.ch., 520 pp. & 577 (1) pp. Illustrated with a large folding map and a painting. Original edition of the French translation of this esteemed work. This book contains a lot of information about the Caucasus and its peoples. The French version is augmented in volume 2 with an important chapter on the languages of the Caucasus; the cantons inhabited by each people are described and vocabularies with their particularities (Lesghi, Mitzdjeghi, Cherkesse, Abaze, Ossetian, Georgian, Laze & Turkish languages) are attached. (Brunet III, 672.) Nice copy, small cap missing, qqs light wetting in the upper margins of volume 1 (at the beginning and end) & qqs scattered freckles in places.
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