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Oriental And Western Siberia:
A Narrative Of Seven Years' Explorations And Adventures In Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, And Part Of Central Asia
by
Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Hurst and Blackett, London, UK. 1858. xi, 611 pgs. .Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, three further chromolithographic plates, and sixteen tinted lithographs. First Edition/First Printing.
Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate (author was an Englishmen in Shanghai) present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Front hinge repaired.
The work of English architect and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Between 1847 and 1853 he travelled over forty thousand miles through Central Asia and Siberia, much of the time with his wife Lucy and son, who was born during their travels. British scientist-explorer-artist provides sketches of Siberian people and scenery after a long visit, 1848-55. He believes himself to have been the first westerner in many of the areas and he writes a detailed account with special emphasis on travel difficulties, weather conditions, resources and the manners and customs of the people.
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
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| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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