Zaleski Bronislav. La Vie des Steppes Kirghizes: Descriptions, récits & contes

Paris: J.B. Vasseur, 1865. — 68 p.First edition of these lovely illustrations of Central Asia showing deserts, daily life, villages and monuments after drawings by Zaleski during his nine-year stay in South-Eastern Russia. The title is misleading: his sketches actually depict what is also nowadays Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with the Caspian and Aral seas. This account also covers the vegetation and animal life as well, and the attempts at farming on the fertile bank of the Aral.