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[MARBAULT, E. (fl. late 18th c.).] Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes. Amsterdam: no publisher, 1777.
The first edition of this anonymous work on Russian economics, from the library of diplomat Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, Duc de Duras. The map is notable as one of the earliest depictions of the Alaskan islands. Lada-Mocarski 26; Streeter sale 3471; Wickersham 1775.
Octavo (191 x 123mm). Engraved folding map (faint dampstain affecting margins, some plates). Contemporary mottled calf, spine with gilt arms, edges red (hinges repaired; label renewed). Provenance: Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, Duc de Duras (1715-1789, French diplomat, freemason, and bibliophile whose library was dispersed in 1790; armorial binding) – Barbara Grigor-Taylor, Bookseller.
The first edition of this anonymous work on Russian economics, from the library of diplomat Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, Duc de Duras. The map is notable as one of the earliest depictions of the Alaskan islands. Lada-Mocarski 26; Streeter sale 3471; Wickersham 1775.
Octavo (191 x 123mm). Engraved folding map (faint dampstain affecting margins, some plates). Contemporary mottled calf, spine with gilt arms, edges red (hinges repaired; label renewed). Provenance: Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, Duc de Duras (1715-1789, French diplomat, freemason, and bibliophile whose library was dispersed in 1790; armorial binding) – Barbara Grigor-Taylor, Bookseller.