Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843-1845 to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly Author: Wolff, Joseph Place: London Publisher: John W. Parker Date: 1845 Description: 2 volumes. xix, 356; xvi, 347 pp. With 9 lithographed plates including frontispieces. 22.5x14 cm (9x5½"), original blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition, Revised. Joseph Wolff, a Jewish Christian missionary, traveled widely and was known as the "missionary of the world." In 1843 Wolff went to Bukhara to seek two British officers, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, who had been captured by the Emir, Nasullah Khan, in June 1842. They had in fact been executed, and as Wolff later described, he was only spared death himself because the Emir laughed uncontrollably at Wolff's appearance in full canonical garb. His Narrative of this mission went through seven editions between 1845 and 1852. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines sunned, light wear to cloth; ink stains to endpapers, hinges tender or cracking; very good. Item number: 340171
Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843-1845 to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly Author: Wolff, Joseph Place: London Publisher: John W. Parker Date: 1845 Description: 2 volumes. xix, 356; xvi, 347 pp. With 9 lithographed plates including frontispieces. 22.5x14 cm (9x5½"), original blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition, Revised. Joseph Wolff, a Jewish Christian missionary, traveled widely and was known as the "missionary of the world." In 1843 Wolff went to Bukhara to seek two British officers, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, who had been captured by the Emir, Nasullah Khan, in June 1842. They had in fact been executed, and as Wolff later described, he was only spared death himself because the Emir laughed uncontrollably at Wolff's appearance in full canonical garb. His Narrative of this mission went through seven editions between 1845 and 1852. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines sunned, light wear to cloth; ink stains to endpapers, hinges tender or cracking; very good. Item number: 340171
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