Putevoditel: Volga, Kama [Travel Guide to The Volga and Kama Rivers]

Nizhnii Novgorod: Izdanie V. I. Breeva, 1911. Item #1552

242 p., [1] leaf of advertisements; the map is missing. 18 cm. Publisher’s blue cloth with black decorative lettering and ornaments; advertisement for Khudozhestvennye ramy i ramki V. I. Breeva printed on verso of final leaf. Cloth rubbed and lightly soiled, corners bumped, joints showing partial splits; minor stains, scattered foxing, and occasional ink signatures and annotations.

This early 20th-century provincial travel guide provides geographical, historical, and practical information on navigation along the Volga and its major tributary, the Kama River. Compiled by local authors and published by V. I. Breev in Nizhnii Novgorod—a major commercial hub on the Volga—this handbook exemplifies the flourishing pre-Revolutionary regional publishing culture devoted to tourism and geography.

Price: $50.00