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.
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€1,250