The book has a New spine and a slipcase.

ARMENIA: A Year At Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia by Robert Curzon. Published in 1854 in London, UK by John Murray. First edition.

Hardcover: Front covers are original, spine is new. Covers have light wear to the outer corners and slight rubbing. Tissue paper protected frontispiece. Scattered very slight foxing. Heavier on a few pages, including title page. Page edges are very slightly browned. Illustrated with several woodcuts.

The author was a British commissioner assigned to the region with the task of establishing boundaries between Persia, Russia and Ottoman Empire. His book includes portions on history, natural history, travel, politics, and culture.

1854. Ex-Library, hardcover, first edition, 226 pages, illustrated, text in English. Stains throughout book, covers starting to come loose. Front & back end pages large stain on them.

Curzon was joint British Commissioner in Erzurum as part of the British-Turkish-Persian-Russian boundary commission sitting to delineate the Turkish and Persian frontier (1842-1843).