Scarce. Moorcroft's narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825. En route to Bokhara, over five years, he was the first Englishman ever to visit many sites, including Leh, Bamian, and the Oxus, and his was a major contribution to the exploration of the area. He was also one of the first to be convinced of the threat to British interests posed by the Russians in Central Asia. The work was published posthumously, Moorcroft and his colleagues having died mysteriously on their return journey.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo; lvi, 459; viii, 508pp, 12 pages ads at end dated December 1840, 2 lithograph frontispieces (lightly foxed) by Haghe after Trebeck, large folding map, original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt, spines faded, neat rstoration to joints and extremities, endpapers renewed, a very good set.

Riddick, 151; Yakushi M485.