47 - [Russia] Set of 3 in-12 volumes:

[Russia] Set of 3 in-12 volumes: 1/ RABOT (Charles). A travers la Russie boréale. Paris, Hachette, 1894. Full burgundy cloth, leather title-piece, cons. cover (Ateliers Laurenchet). (2) ff. 320 pp. 61 full-page engravings. First edition of this account by geographer and explorer Charles Rabot (1856-1944), in which the author recounts his travels in northern Russia: crossings of Lapland, expeditions to Karelia and to the icy shores of the White Sea. Rabot describes the Arctic landscapes, the Sami and Karelian populations, and his ethnographic and geographical observations. 2/ BOULANGIER (Edgar). Voyage à Merv. Les Russes dans l'Asie centrale et le chemin de fer transcaspien. Paris, Hachette, 1888. Full cloth post, leather title-piece, cons. cover (Ateliers Laurenchet). III, 451 pp. Scattered foxing. Off-text engravings and maps. First edition of this account of the Merv region (present-day Turkmenistan). Journalist and traveler Edgar Boulangier (1850 - 1899) describes the political and military stakes in the region, the Russian presence, the construction of the Trans-Caspian Railway, and the local populations. 3/ LÉOUZON LEDUC (L.). Studies on Russia and Northern Europe. Récits et Souvenirs. Paris, Amyot, s.d. (ca. 1854). Contemporary half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated. Slight rubbing and scattered foxing. (2) ff. 472 pp. First edition. Louis Léouzon Leduc (1815-1889), publicist and journalist, was one of the great French popularizers of Russian history and politics in the 19th century. Here he shares his impressions of his travels, his thoughts on the society and institutions of imperial Russia, and notes on international relations on the eve of the Crimean War.