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... described in a series of letters to her husband, the editor, Matthew Guthrie... 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.
Maria Guthrie
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3215164
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 446, [2]p.. 4to. Provenance: Nineteenth-century inscription at head of title page: "W. Lenox-Conyngham London 1819" [i.e. William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858)]. Armorial bookplate of William Lenox-Conyngham (1792-1858) on front pastedown. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; double gilt fillet to form a boarder which encloses a further blind floral roll boarder; gilt rolled board edges; marbled edges; marbled endpapers; spine with four raised bands, compartments gilt tooled, spine title "Guthrie's Tour".
Makers and roles
Maria Guthrie, author Matthew Guthrie (d.1807), correspondent