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| Un'estate in Siberia |
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Un'estate in Siberia
fra Ostiacchi, Samoiedi, Siriéni, Tatàri, Kirghìsi e Baskìri
di Stéphen Sommier
with 144 etchings and 3 maps
Firenze
Ermanno Loescher
1885
VIII, 634 p |
Stéphen Sommier (1848-1922), botanist of Franco-Italian origin, founded together Paolo Mantegazza the Italian Society of Anthropology an Ethnology of Florence.
Attracted by boreal people, he embarked on several expeditions for the Great North that allowed him to execute ethnological and anthropological studies with an extensive photographic documentation.
This book, published at the author's expense in 1885, is the precious report of his study travel trough Siberia in 1880.
Enrico Mazzanti made the original illustrations.
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| Some illustrations taken from "Un'estate in Siberia" |
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Novgorod - The fair quarter between Volga River and Okà river (click to enlarge) |
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| Ethnographic map of Russian Empire (click to enlarge) |
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| Ciuvadcie women (click to enlarge) |
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