Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and Adventures

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 11" by 7". Not Stated. The first edition of Thomas Witlam Atkinson's account of his mid nineteenth century travels in the Russian orient, illustrated throughout. The work of English architect and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Between 1847 and 1853 he travelled over forty thousand miles through Central Asia and Siberia, much of the time with his wife Lucy and son, who was born during their travels.Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, three further chromolithographic plates, and sixteen tinted lithographs. With a folding lithographic map loosely inserted to the rear.Collated, complete.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.A fascinating travelogue detailing the author's time in Siberia, Mongolia, and the geographical area of the Chinese Tartary. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor losses of cloth to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards firmly held. Front free endpaper, frontispiece and title page detached and loosely inserted. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting and handling marks. Folding map detached and loosely inserted, with a significant number of small tape repairs to the reverse. Good