Kristoffer HANSTEEN
Souvenirs d'un voyage en Sibérie. Accompagnés d'une carte itinéraire dressée par l'auteur[Memories of a Journey in Siberia. Accompanied by a route map drawn by the author]
Perrotin|Paris 1857|14 x 23 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation, illustrated with a folding map at the end of the volume.
Contemporary half-grained cherry morocco over marbled paper boards, spine faded and decorated with gilt fillets, discoloration marks to the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A few minor foxing spots.
First French edition of this scientific expedition undertaken between 1827 and 1830 in order to refine contemporary knowledge of terrestrial magnetism.
The mathematician Kristoffer Hansteen (1784-1873), who later became director of the Observatory of Christinia (present-day Oslo), had taken an interest in these questions as early as 1807.
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