Favell Lee Mortimer — Far Off; or, Asia Described. Part I.

London, Hatchards, 1875 . Cloth. The forty-third thousand of British Evangelical Favell Lee Mortimer's guide to Asia, illustrated with a colour folding map. The 1875 forty-third thousand of this work, which was first published in 1849. A second part, discussing Australia, Africa, and America, was published in 1852, and is not present here.Illustrated with a frontispiece, folding colour map, and numerous vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Despite rarely travelling outside of England herself, Mortimer describes twenty-two countries in this work, including Siberia, Borneo, Hindostan, China, Siam, and Tibet.With six pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Fading to back strip, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained to centre. Pages bright, with light spotting and handling marks throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .