Lemgo, Meyerischen Buchhandlung, 1766. 4to. Contemp. full sprinkled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Wear to top of spine. A small crack in fronthinge at upper compartment. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. XVI,344 pp., 2 folded engraved maps and 5 engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots, light toning to plates.
First German edition of one of the fundamental texts of Siberian scholarship. With detailled accounts of the zoology, geography and botany of the region as well as on the language and culture of the Itelmen and Koryak peoples.
Lemgo, Meyerischen Buchhandlung, 1766. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Some cracks in leather along joints. Wear to spine ends. Spine rubbed.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. XVI,344 pp., 2 folded engraved maps and 5 engraved plates. Plate I and II having each two illustrations are divided, and the illustrations are inserted at the places where they are treated in the text. Internally clean and fine.
First German edition of one of the fundamental texts of Siberian scholarship. With detailled accounts of the zoology, geography and botany of the region as well as on the language and culture of the Itelmen and Koryak peoples.
Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1767. Small8vo. Uncut in 2 contemp. blue boards. Spine ends rubbed. Handwritten titles to spines. (6),327(8),359 pp. and 2 large folded engraved maps (Carte de Kamtschatka - Carte des Isles Kurilski). One map loose. Old name on titlepageserased by ink. Small stamp to titlepages. The last 5 leaves in volume two having a fain brownspot filling the lower margins, otherwise internally clean and wide-margined.
First French edition of one of the fundamental texts of Siberian scholarship. With detailled accounts of the zoology, geography and botany of the region as well as on the language and culture of the Itelmen and Koryak peoples.
Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1767. Small 8vo. Uncut in contemp. coloured wrappers. Spine strenghtened. (8),359 pp. The map lacks. Internally clean.
First French edition. Volume two only without the map.