Bidspirit auction | The River Fleet of Asian

The River Fleet of Asian Russia. Ob River basin. As of January 1, 1895. - St. Petersburg. [Statistics Department of the Ministry of Railways.] Printing house of br. Panteleevs, 1895. - X, 13, [1], 27, [1] c. Circulation of 400 copies. Publisher's cover, slightly enlarged format (18 x 26.5 cm). The cover is worn and dirty, has tears, losses, including on the spine; pale foxings, tears and creases along the perimeter of the pages; a stamped ex-libris on the back of the title.  Developed by L. E. Lebedev, under the direction of V. K. Tomashevsky. Preface by I. F. Borovsky. [A complete list of ships navigating the Ob River by 1895. Information about the owners of ships, their names, technical data, places of construction and other characteristics is provided. The section ”Non-steam vessels” includes barges, longboats, geese, pauses, flatboats and scows.]