Lot 1306 , Pallas, Peter Simon - Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794. Translated from the German ...First English Edition, 2 vols. 52 plates (mostly hand coloured), a few text en
° Pallas, Peter Simon - Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794. Translated from the German ...First English Edition, 2 vols. 52 plates (mostly hand coloured), a few text engravings, the 3 additional folded maps and errata leaf; sometime rebound half calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated spines (preserving old red morocco labels), 4to. 1802-03
£900-1,200
Condition:
Vg. set, occasional sl. plt. offsetting, a few intermittent spots, and v.2 with brown sm. soiling patch on end pp. 503-510 and two of the maps - but in upper margins, and all clear of text & map surface. plt.4 (v.2) is a large 'panorama' style foldout. In the numbered plt. sequence there are 3 maps (folded)
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