MARKOV E.L. (1835-1903) Ocherki Kryma: Kartiny krymskoy zhizni, istorii i prirody [Sketches of Crimea: Scenes of Crimean Life, History and Nature]. 3rd ed. St Petersburg; Moscow: M.O. Wolf, [1903].

XIV, 520, IV pp.: ill., 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait); 27 x 20 cm. With 257 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth binding, upper board and spine richly blocked in gilt and colour; all edges marbled. Very good condition. Minor wear and soiling to the binding, occasional foxing. Travel notes by the writer, traveller, literary critic and ethnographer Evgeny Lvovich Markov (1835-1903), describing the Crimean steppes and mountains, ancient legends, the Black Sea, Bakhchisarai and Sevastopol, the southern coast, the cave cities and many other landmarks of Crimea.