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: Izd. T-va M.O. Wolf,, [1903]

XIV, 520, IV pp.: ill., 1 frontispiece (portrait); 27 × 20 cm. With 257 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth binding, upper cover and spine richly stamped 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). The work describes the Crimean steppes and mountains, ancient legends, the Black Sea, Bakhchisarai and Sevastopol, the southern coast, cave cities, and many other landmarks of Crimea.