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SPOTTISWOODE, William. A Tarantasse Journey Through Eastern Russia in the Autumn of 1856.
London: Longman, Brown, Longmans & Roberts, 1857. First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author reading "to John Spottiswoode from the author, 1857" and with John Spottiswoode's signature on the title page. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black, x, 258pp. With 8 colored plates including one folding and with a folding map. Touch of foxing in folds of folding plate, spine a bit faded o/w a nice copy.

William Spottiswoode [1825-1883], English mathematician and physicist. Spottiswoode's scientific bent reared its head early in his life as his removal from Eton to Harrow was occasioned by "an accidental explosion which occurred when he was performing an experiment for his own amusement." He left Oxford in 1846 to take his fathers place in the business, the firm of Eyre & Spottiswoode, printers. He frequently issued publications containing original mathematical work. In 1856 he travelled to Russia and published the above work, an
informative account of his journey, "a narrative as simple and genuine as it is enlivening and spirited." Spottiswoode's journey from St. Petersburgh provides useful information on the travel conditions of the day.

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