[Rarebooks] FS: Pallas' travels in Russia 1793-94. w/hand colored plates, vignettes & maps

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(TRAVEL) Pallas, Peter Simon. TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE 
RUSSIAN EMPIRE, IN THE YEARS 1793 AND 1794. Translated from the German. In Two 
Volumes. With Many Coloured Vignettes, Plates, and Maps. London: Printed by A. 
Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees et al. 1802-1803. First English 
edition. 4to. 2 vols. xxiv,552;xxx,524pp. Indices. Illustrated with 51 engraved 
plates (43 hand colored), most folding; 28 vignettes (23 hand colored); and 4 
folding maps (3 double-page). Cont. diced burgundy calf, gilt decorated borders & 
dentelles, expertly rebacked in period style in matching burgundy morocco, gilt 
& blind tooled, black morocco spine labels. An attractive set.     $4,000.00 
(trade discount allowed)
Pallas (1741-1811) was an eminent German botanist, zoologist, geologist and 
geographer. This work first appeared in German in 1799-1801. The second volume 
contains Pallas’ dedication to Czar Alexander I. Abbey, TRAVEL IN AQUATINT AND 
LITHOGRAPHY, 222.

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