Peter Simon PALLAS

Peter Simon PALLAS

Born22 septembre 1741
Died8 septembre 1811
LanguagesGerman, Latin
NationalityGermany
A aussi écrit en latin
Philologue, historien et naturaliste. - Professeur à l'Université de Saint-Pétersbourg. - A vécu en Sibérie de 1768 à 1774 et en Crimée de 1795 à 1810. - Né et mort à Berlin
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  • PALLAS Petrus Simon
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PALLAS, Peter Simon
  1. Tableau physique et topographique de la Tauride, suivi d'observations sur la formation des montagnes, et les changements ariivés à notre globe. Pour faire suite aux voyages de P.S. Pallas, académicien de Pétersbourg, etc...
    Peter Simon PALLAS

    Tableau physique et topographique de la Tauride, suivi d'observations sur la formation des montagnes, et les changements ariivés à notre globe. Pour faire suite aux voyages de P.S. Pallas, académicien de Pétersbourg, etc...[Physical and Topographical Survey of Taurida, followed by Observations on the Formation of Mountains and the Changes that Have Occurred on Our Globe. Intended as a Continuation of the Travels of P. S. Pallas, Member of the St Petersburg Academy, etc.]

    Maradan • Gueffier jeune|à Paris An VI (1898)|18.7 x 25 cm|relié

    Second edition and first edition printed in Paris; the first edition was published in St Petersburg in 1795.
    Contemporary half tan sheep over boards, with small vellum corners, smooth spine slightly darkened and ruled in gilt, tan sheep lettering-piece, speckled edges, bookplate pasted to one pastedown.

    A few restorations to spine, pale staining around the bookplate and on the facing page, occasional minor foxing.

    This work consists of an extract from the journal of the author's extensive journey through the "southern governments of the Russian Empire" in 1793 and 1794, more specifically from the second part devoted to the description of Crimea.

    Provenance : from...

    €1,250
  2. Description du Tibet
    Peter Simon PALLAS, Baron Jean de REUILLY

    Description du Tibet[Description of Tibet]

    Chez Bossange|à Paris 1808|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare, translated by Baron Jean de Reuilly.
    Contemporary full red Russia leather binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 fleurons and fillets. Gilt title. Wide decorative border on boards with eagles, serpents, rabbits and stars in the corners. Interior garland. Spine darkened, having become dark red. Dark stains on lower board. One scratch on upper board. Endpapers having suffered humidity with discoloration. In lower margin, faint trace of dampstaining throughout the volume, more extensive at end of volume, with traces in outer and lower margins. Handsome copy in contemporary Russia leather.
    Manuscript ownership inscription Sorlin d'origny, Constantinoples, 1882...
    €1,200
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