La Finlande. Notes recueillies en 1848 pendant une excursion de Saint-Pétersbourg à Torneo. Accompagné d'une carte itinéraire et d'une carte topographique des travaux entrepris pour joindre le Saïma au Golfe de Finlande, et orné de deux dessins

First edition of this uncommon work, originally written in French.

Illustrated with two engraved frontispieces and two folding maps bound at the end of the first volume.

Bradel binding in bottle-green half cloth, flat spine gilt with a central floral tool and double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco title label; modern binding signed Boichot.

Three of the four original wrappers preserved, occasional scattered foxing.

Prince Emmanuel Mikhailovich Galitzine or Golitsyn (1804–1853) was a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.