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Siberia and Kamchatka
[Stephan Petrovich KRASCHENINNIKOFF]. The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kuilski Islands, with the countries adjacent... translated... by James Grieve. Gloucester: R.Raikes for T.Jefferys, London, 1764. 4° (240 x 203mm). 2 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light spotting, small marginal tear to Aa1.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, endpapers repaired, modern ink inscription on front free endpaper). Provenance: Samuel Wegg (armorial bookplate). First edition in English. Sabin 38301.
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Martin SAUER. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern parts of Russia... performed ... by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the years 1785, &c. to 1794. London: A.Strahan for T.Cadell,jun. and W.Davies, 1802. 4° (257 x 200mm). 14 engraved plates, 2 folding, folding engraved map. (Half-title lacking, 3 plates shaved into imprint, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked). Provenance: Edmond Lamplugh Irton (armorial bookplate). First edition. Sabin 77152. (2)
[Stephan Petrovich KRASCHENINNIKOFF]. The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kuilski Islands, with the countries adjacent... translated... by James Grieve. Gloucester: R.Raikes for T.Jefferys, London, 1764. 4° (240 x 203mm). 2 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light spotting, small marginal tear to Aa1.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, endpapers repaired, modern ink inscription on front free endpaper). Provenance: Samuel Wegg (armorial bookplate). First edition in English. Sabin 38301.
[With:]
Martin SAUER. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern parts of Russia... performed ... by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the years 1785, &c. to 1794. London: A.Strahan for T.Cadell,jun. and W.Davies, 1802. 4° (257 x 200mm). 14 engraved plates, 2 folding, folding engraved map. (Half-title lacking, 3 plates shaved into imprint, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked). Provenance: Edmond Lamplugh Irton (armorial bookplate). First edition. Sabin 77152. (2)
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