Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia
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Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia
Robert Curzon
London, J. Murray, 1854
Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Generally clean, unmarked pages. Some spotting, mostly to end sheets. Engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 4 plates and map. xiv, 253 pages, 19 cm. Bookplate of Miss Rigden, St. Lawrence.
Curzon was joint British Commissioner in Erzurum. He served as part of the British-Turkish-Persian-Russian boundary commission to delineate the Turkish and Persian frontier from 1842-1843.