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KRASHENINNIKOV, Stepan Petrovich. Opisanie zemli Kamchatki [Description of the Land of Kamchatka]. St. Petersburg: Academy of Sciences, 1755.
2 volumes, 4° (235 x 175cm.). 25 engraved plates and maps, 19 folding. Some leaves lightly dampstained, mostly in upper margin, final leaf of vol.II laid down on end-paper, library stamp on some pages. Contemporary calf, spines in compartments.
FIRST EDITION. Printed from 1752 until February 1755 in an edition of 1350 copies, the work was not published until the second half of 1756, as the engravings were not all printed. Svodnyi katalog 3290; Sopikov/Rogozhin 7567; Obol'ianinov 1380; Mezhov 13493; Lada-Mocarski 12; Sabin 38304. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (235 x 175cm.). 25 engraved plates and maps, 19 folding. Some leaves lightly dampstained, mostly in upper margin, final leaf of vol.II laid down on end-paper, library stamp on some pages. Contemporary calf, spines in compartments.
FIRST EDITION. Printed from 1752 until February 1755 in an edition of 1350 copies, the work was not published until the second half of 1756, as the engravings were not all printed. Svodnyi katalog 3290; Sopikov/Rogozhin 7567; Obol'ianinov 1380; Mezhov 13493; Lada-Mocarski 12; Sabin 38304. (2)