BADDELEY, John F. (1854-1940). Russia, Mongolia, China, being some Record of the Relations between them from the beginning of the XVIIth Century to the Death of the Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, A.D. 1602-1676. London: Macmillan and Company, 1919.
2 volumes, folio. Half-titles; engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black, 6 plates, 1 folding, 29 maps, including 6 folding in pocket at end. Original holland-backed boards, spines with original printed paper title labels, top edges gilt, others uncut (spines lightly toned, fore-corners worn, a spot of fraying to joints on vol.2, hinges starting).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 135 of 250 copies. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS EVER PRODUCED ON THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CENTRAL ASIA. It includes a comprehensive collection of documents on Russo-Mongol relations with scholarly commentaries, genealogical tables, and a bibliography.
