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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Autobiography and Reminiscences of Sir Douglas ForsythMight have more worlds to conquer. But not only for the sake of sharing our knowledge of the stirring incidents of my F ather s life with a world to whom .

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First edition, complete with the map. This detailed and comprehensive account of remote Yarkand, in Xinjiang, is illustrated with 45 original albumen prints; Forsyth's was one of the earliest missions of its kind to be equipped with cameras. Yarkand was ruled by the "remarkable Muslim adventurer" Yakub Beg, "veteran of a number of engagements against the Russians" (Hopkirk, p. 322). After an abortive mission to Yarkand in 1870, Forsyth (1827-1886) was sent again in 1873 to establish its commercial friendliness towards the British. The amir, Yakub Beg - an "exotic, ambiguous, and mysterious figure" (Dillon, p. 781) - had overthrown Qing rule, established an independent Muslim state (Kashgaria), and skilfully exploited the "great game" rivalry between Britain and Russia. He signed treaties with Russia in 1872 and Britain in 1874, while acknowledging Ottoman suzerainty in 1873 and received from the Porte armaments and military instructors. Forsyth's mission amassed "useful geographical, botanical, and ethnological information on the region" (ODNB). Accompanying Forsyth was a fellow old India hand, H. W. Bellew, who contributes the lion's share to this work, and two Royal Artillery officers, E. F. Chapman and Henry Trotter, who, among other duties, shared responsibility for the photographic record. Forsyth comments: "The most disquieting rumours and sinister prophesies had been promulgated regarding the reception which awaited this mission. We had come provided with every kind of scientific apparatus, but it was more than probable that theodolites, photographic cameras, &c., might be looked on as only instruments of the black art" (p. 5). This copy contains 45 photographs taken by Chapman, as listed in the contents as "Captain Chapman's Series". Some institutional copies contain 102 photographs, comprising a total of 86 by Chapman, with an additional 16 by Trotter. Gernsheim, Incunabula 597. Michael Dillon, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese History, 2017; Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game: on Secret Service in High Asia, 1992. Small square folio. With 45 albumen prints, most approximately 96 x 153 mm, mounted two per page on rectos of inserted leaves with printed captions, large folding photozincographed map printed on thin paper, coloured in outline (660 x 1016 mm), map ("Preliminary Map of Eastern Turkestan to Illustrate the Reports on Sir Douglas Forsyth's Mission to Kashgar, 1874") loosely inserted in pocket of inside front cover, 3 full-page plans, Yarkand, Khotan or Ilchi, and Kashgar, two pages of barometric tables, and a few engraved sketches to the text. Original dark green sand-grain cloth, blind panels to the covers, lettered in gilt on the spine. Rebacked with the majority of the original spine laid down, lacks front free endpaper, front hinge cracked, boards somewhat rubbed, corners bumped; map with short split at fold, a few other minor repairs, text leaves typically overall toned and a touch brittle occasional minor chips and splits, scattered light foxing, mounted photographs faded to varying degrees, but retaining reasonable tone and contrast, remaining clearly legible, small ink stamps of The Oriental and Linguistic Seminar,Yale University to ?front free endpaper and title page, this program sometime discontinued.