EDMUND SPENCER:TRAVELS IN CIRCASSIA,KRIM TARTARY INCLUDING A STEAM VOYAGE DOWN THE DANUBE FROM VIENNA TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND ROUND THE BLACK SEA. LONDON 1837 First edition, in large 8vo, contemporary cloth slightly rubbed, complete in two volumes colored frontis,355p.,425p.with 3 further plates including two large folded maps and several illustrations in the text, text clean and bright, overall in very good condition. The very rare first edition.Spencer traveled widely in Levant, this is his first publication that was very well received and the small print run exhausted immediately, two more editions followed in just two years. This edition alerted for the first time the British public about the potential danger from the Russians with their penetration around the Black sea and their target on Constantinople. A very detailed travel account for the Pontic areas.Spencer was impressed by the Greek presence all around Black sea and the commercial control by them of the trade of the area. An important book for the Pontic Hellenism during early 19th century. Atabey 1164(third edition), Blackmer 1580 (second).