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WRANGEL, Ferdinand Petrovich (1797-1870). Le nord de la Sibérie. Voyage parmi les peuplades de la Russie asiatique et dans la mer glaciale. Paris: Librarie d'Amyot, 1843.
The first edition in French, translated from the Russian edition of 1841 by Prince Emmanuel Gallitzin and leaving out the full meteorological tables. Arctic Bib. 18997; Howes E-151.
Two volumes (204 x 135mm). Half-titles with errata on versos. 2 lithographed frontispieces, the first of which is tinted; large folding map (plates darkened, few spots, shelf numbers on titles). Contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards, spines gilt (mild sunning/rubbing, few tiny insect holes near joints). Provenance: Wayfarer's Bookshop.
The first edition in French, translated from the Russian edition of 1841 by Prince Emmanuel Gallitzin and leaving out the full meteorological tables. Arctic Bib. 18997; Howes E-151.
Two volumes (204 x 135mm). Half-titles with errata on versos. 2 lithographed frontispieces, the first of which is tinted; large folding map (plates darkened, few spots, shelf numbers on titles). Contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards, spines gilt (mild sunning/rubbing, few tiny insect holes near joints). Provenance: Wayfarer's Bookshop.