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A tour, performed in the years 1795-6, through the Taurida, or Crimea, : the antient kingdom of Bosphorus, the once-powerful republic of Tauric Cherson, and all the other countries on the north shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ;

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A tour, performed in the years 1795-6, through the Taurida, or Crimea, : the antient kingdom of Bosphorus, the once-powerful republic of Tauric Cherson, and all the other countries on the north shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ; / by Mrs. Maria Guthrie, formerly acting directress of the Imperial Convent for the education of the female nobility of Russia ; described in a series of letters to her husband, the editor, Matthew Guthrie, M.D., F.R.S., and F.S.A. of London and Edinburgh, member of the Philosophical Society of Manchester, &c. &c., physician to the first and second Imperial Corps of noble cadets in St. Petersburgh, and councillor of state to his imperial majesty of all the Russias.

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London: : Printed by Nichols and Son ... for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies ..., 1802.

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Signatures: [a]-c⁴, B-3L⁴.
Errata: p. [447].
Publisher's advertisements: p. [448].
"The whole illustrated by a map of the tour along the Euxine Coast, from the Dniester to the Cuban ; with engravings of a great number of ancient coins, medals, monuments, inscriptions, and other curious objects" -- title-page, below statements of responsibility.
"To His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First" -- p. [iii].
Illustrations: engraved folding frontispiece map, titled, "An accurate map of all the countries finally ceded to Russia by the Turks at the peace of Jassy, with the remaining part of the coast of the Black Sea on a smaller scale" by S. J. Neele ; 1 folding engraved plate with two images: "Representation of the eruption of mud accompanied by fire which began on the 27th February 1794, on the hill Koukou Oba in the Island of Taman" and "Plan of the Island of Taman" by Neele ; 3 illustrative plates by W. Cooke; 8 leaves [p. 383-397] of illustrations of numismatic subjects (labeled Plate I-VIII); 83 textual illustrations of numismatic subjects.

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A tour, performed in the years 1795-6, through the Taurida, or Crimea, : the antient kingdom of Bosphorus, the once-powerful republic of Tauric Cherson, and all the other countries on the north shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ; / by Mrs. Maria Guthrie, formerly acting directress of the Imperial Convent for the education of the female nobility of Russia ; described in a series of letters to her husband, the editor, Matthew Guthrie, M.D., F.R.S., and F.S.A. of London and Edinburgh, member of the Philosophical Society of Manchester, &c. &c., physician to the first and second Imperial Corps of noble cadets in St. Petersburgh, and councillor of state to his imperial majesty of all the Russias.

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London: : Printed by Nichols and Son ... for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies ..., 1802.

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Pforzheimer copy: Provenance: Henry Mussenden Leathes (book-plate); Binding: Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt spine titling and decoration. Binder's title: Guthrie's Crimea.

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