RYCHKOV, Nikolai Petrovich (1746-1784). Zhurnal ili dnevnyia zapiski puteshestviia [Journal or daily Notes of the Journey through various Provinces of the Russian Empire in 1769 and 1770]. St. Petersburg: by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1770-1772. 2 volumes including Supplement, 4° (250 x 192mm.; supplement 239 x 191mm). 9 folding plans and maps, final errata leaf in supplement -- Dnevnyia zapiski puteshestviia [Daily Notes of the Journey in the Kirgiz-Kaisatskii Steppe]. St. Petersburg: by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1772. 4° (239 x 191mm). Final errata leaf. Together 3 volumes. (A few leaves slightly soiled.) Uniform contemporary Russian red morocco, gilt border on covers, spines gilt in compartments (restored at extremities, some wear to spine of first volume).

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RYCHKOV, Nikolai Petrovich (1746-1784). Zhurnal ili dnevnyia zapiski puteshestviia [Journal or daily Notes of the Journey through various Provinces of the Russian Empire in 1769 and 1770]. St. Petersburg: by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1770-1772. 2 volumes including Supplement, 4° (250 x 192mm.; supplement 239 x 191mm). 9 folding plans and maps, final errata leaf in supplement -- Dnevnyia zapiski puteshestviia [Daily Notes of the Journey in the Kirgiz-Kaisatskii Steppe]. St. Petersburg: by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1772. 4° (239 x 191mm). Final errata leaf. Together 3 volumes. (A few leaves slightly soiled.) Uniform contemporary Russian red morocco, gilt border on covers, spines gilt in compartments (restored at extremities, some wear to spine of first volume).

LARGE PAPER COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS of Rychkov's travels, printed in editions of 600 copies. He describes areas of the Urals, with his second journey with Pallas where the Teptari nation is described for the first time. The supplement includes the first description of the history and antiquites of the Kazan and the industrial area of Perm. The second work is the first description of Kirgizia which had been omitted by Pallas and Lepëkhin. Svodnyi katalog 6245; 6244; Sopikov/Rogozhin 4109. (3)