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BOULITCHOFF (Ivan Dimitri) [Saint Petersburg, Imperial Acade…
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BOULITCHOFF (Ivan Dimitri) [Saint Petersburg, Imperial Acade…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Description
BOULITCHOFF (Ivan Dimitri)
[Saint Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1856]...
Journey in Eastern Siberia. First part. Journey to Kamchatka.
In-folio (53 × 39.5 cm), black half-basin with corners, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding).
Album lithographed by Draeger & Co, Moscow, containing a title in two tones, and 61 plates (landscapes, scenes, costumes, instruments, fauna...), some in two tones or in colour. The captions are in Russian and French.
Boulitchoff, an eminent geographer, led this pioneering expedition across eastern Siberia in 1852.
Binding rubbed, tear to lower spine. Stains, sometimes large, spotting and soiling. Endpaper cut. Title slightly scratched, pl. 16.
Provenance
Domini Trouchet (ex-libris).
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