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Peter Simon (1741-1811). Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire.
PALLAS
Peter Simon (1741-1811). Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire.

MBA004: Lot 24. PALLAS, Peter Simon (1741-1811).

Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire.

£2000 - £3000

Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire. 87133
[Translated from German by F.W.Blagdon].
A. Strahan for T.N. Longman, O. Rees and others, London, 1802-03.

Fresh example of the first edition in English of “an extremely charming colour plate book [which] deserves a place in every colour plate book collection for its numerous attractive coloured vignettes, an unusual feature” (Tooley).

Description

Two volumes 4to. 1p. errata in each volume. 55 engraved or engraved and aquatint plates, plans and maps, most by or after G. Geissler (45 hand-coloured, 25 folding, 4 double-page), 29 vignette illustrations (23 hand-coloured). Expertly bound to style in half russia over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth compartments in gilt, the others tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, marbled edges.

Provenance

Bibliography

Abbey Travel I.222; Cat. Rusica P59; Tooley 357.