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1851 A Woman's Journey Round the World
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Description
Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
An English language translation of Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer Ida Pfeiffer's account of her travels.
Illustrated with a tinted frontispiece, title page, and ten further tinted plates. Collated, complete.
With discussion of time spent in Brazil, Cape Horn, China, the East Indies, Persia, Russia, and Athens.
Pfeiffer journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometres through Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa.
Undated; dated 1851 via the British Library
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Back strip and board perimeters age toned. Bump to head of front board. Hinges strained, and somewhat touch tender. Internally, binding lightly strained. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd handling mark and instance of spotting.
Good
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