Prjevalski, (Nikolaï) - Mongolia and the Land of the Tanguts. Translated from the Russian with the author's permission by G. Du Laurens, preceded by a preface by M. E. Delmar-Morgan and an introduction by Col. Yule, translated from English by J. Belin de Launay. Paris, Hachette 1880. In-8° brown half-chagrin, lvi, 344 pp. 4 folding maps. First French edition. Good condition.

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