[RUSSIA]. HOLDERNESS, Mary. Journey from Riga to the Crimea, with Some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Colonists of New Russia. London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1827. 8vo. Illustrated with 5 lithographed plates, 3 of which are hand-colored. [i]-viii, [1]-316 pp. Publisher's plain cloth, printed paper label on spine (boards worn, soiled, joints cracking, spine sunned, soiled with some splitting, label worn, toned, text with occasional soiling, a few gutters overopened or cracking, ownership signature on title-page). Very good. SECOND EDITION, EXPANDED. Mary Holderness traveled through Russia with her children; she relates that she was treated with courtesy and kindness by the Crimean Tartars with whom she lived.