ZAKHAROV, Ivan (Иван Захаров)

8vo., hardback, vii+322pp.. Reproduced original title page frontis., introduction in English with references list. Removable plastic dust-wrapper. Very good condition, appears unused. The Manchus are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. This work first published in 1879. Text in Russian. This important work by Russian diplomat Иван Ильич Захаров (1816 - 1885) who worked in Peking and later became Professor of Manchu Philology at St. Petersburg.