Cherkasov A .. Notes of a hunter of Eastern Siberia.

Cherkasov A .. Notes of a hunter of Eastern Siberia.
1867, IV, 4, 706 p. Hardcover owner's blind cover, 15 x 22 cm. Owner's inscriptions, marks, spots, seals.

The author of the well-known "Notes of the Hunter of Eastern Siberia" Alexander Cherkasov (1834-1895) was a mining engineer who spent 20 years in Eastern Siberia, where, in particular, he was an assistant manager of the Uryum gold mine, and then moved to the Altai and was the mayor of Barnaul. For the first time, "Notes" by A. A. Cherkasov appeared in 1866 in the magazine "Sovremennik", which at that time was published by the poet and passionate hunter N. A. Nekrasov, who in every possible way helped the young writer in publishing and promoting the book. The book has become a popular encyclopedia of Siberian hunting and a classic of Russian hunting studies. It is one of the most valuable works on animal husbandry. "Notes" by A. A. Cherkasov was highly appreciated by A. E. Bram, the author of the famous book "Animal Life". They were reprinted several times both before 1917 and during the Soviet period. The book has been translated into French and German. Due to its lively and rich spoken language, which has a bright local flavor, "Notes" were included by the Academy of Sciences among the main sources of the "Dictionary of Modern Russian Literary Language".