{"product_id":"ukhtomskiy-travels-in-the-east-121926","title":"Orientreise seiner kaiserlichen Hoheit des Grossfürsten-Thronfolgers Nikolaus Alexandrowitsch von Russland, 1890-1891.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eFine, exceptionally fresh copy of the first edition of this handsome large format work recording the tour of the future Tsar Nicholas II through Russian Siberia, India, Tibet, China, South-East Asia and Japan. The journey ended in the Russian Far East with the opening ceremony of the Trans-Siberian Railway. On the return back to St Petersburg, the Tsarevich and his fellow traveller Ukhtomskiy started work on publishing their account of the trip. The Russian edition was published in 1893-1897, and proved so popular that the work was translated into English, French, German and Chinese.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst German edition, large 4to (38.5 x 31 cm), 2 vols; engraved portrait of Nicholas II, 7 photogravures, 541 engravings after drawings and photographs, 5 chromolithograph maps, translated from the Russian by Hermann Brunnhofer, patterned endpapers, illegible ownership inscription to upper flyleaf dated 1929\/30, a.e.g.; original publisher's fine cloth blue bindings, blindstamped in gilt and black, very minor rubbing to top and edge of spine, a fine set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"UKHTOMSKIY, Esper.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57006709244279,"sku":"121926","price":12589.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/121926_3e93ec25-61ff-4e5b-ae91-6534ddb2b02f.jpg?v=1780777721","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/ukhtomskiy-travels-in-the-east-121926","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}