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458 - Russia – Siberia
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Russia – Siberia Strahlenberg, Philipp Johann (Tabbert) von The Northern and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia, insofar as these comprise the entire Russian Empire, including Siberia and the Great Tatary, Accompanied by a previously unpublished ‘Tabula polyglotta’ of thirty-two varieties of Tatar languages and a Kalmyk vocabulary (...) With 10 folded copper plates, 9 full-page woodcuts (one of which spans 3 pages), 1 folded woodcut map, 6 mostly large vignettes and decorative frames in woodcut, 1 folded table, as well as 1 additional, folded lithographed map (enclosed). Stockholm, self-published, 1730 and 1879 (map). 13 leaves, 438 pp., 8 leaves (register, errata). 4°. Contemporary half-leather binding with handwritten title and red edging on the reverse (stained and somewhat scuffed). First edition of this important work on the exploration of Siberia, here including the additional lithographed map, which is usually missing. - Cox I, 194. - Eutin II, 1361. - Henze V, 250. - Ebert 21838 (“A work of great linguistic importance”). - Brunet V, 558. - A historical, ethnographic and geographical description of Russia, and in particular of Siberia, by the Swede Philip Johan Tabbert von Strahlenberg (1677–1747), who, having been held as a prisoner of war during the Great Northern War of 1709, was particularly gained a very thorough first-hand knowledge of large parts of Western Siberia. Following Strahlenberg’s suggestion, the Urals have since been regarded as Europe’s border. It also covers exploratory voyages to Kamchatka (Bering, Shirikov, Spangenberg) and the languages of the Tatar peoples (including a table with a Kalmyk vocabulary and the large-format table ‘Harmonia Linguarum’). - The 68.5 x 100.5 cm map of Asia, ‘Nova descriptio geographica Tattariae Magnae’ – originally published separately as a copperplate engraving from two plates – was for a long time the most accurate depiction of the region - is presented here as a faithful lithographic reproduction from 1879, which was produced in connection with the publication of a lecture on the subject delivered by A. Strindberg that same year before the ‘Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography’. The essay (published in Vol. I, No. 6, 1876, pp. 1–12 of the Society’s journal) is included. – The complete set of 10 copperplate plates, incorrectly numbered I–VI, IX, XI, XII, XXI; the woodcut illustrations and woodcut map, which are also complete, are numbered X (comprising 3 pp.), VII, VIII, XIII–XVIII, XIX (map) and XX. – Lith. Map with slight marginal discolouration and somewhat browned; book block with some minor foxing, finger marks and dirt stains on the edges, otherwise well preserved; a fine copy of this rare work. Russia. – Siberia. - First edition of this early and important work on the exploration of Siberia, here with the rare, separately published map in lithographic reproduction from 1879. A richly illustrated work, with 10 folding copper-engraved plates, 9 full-page woodcut illustrations (one of which spans 3 pages), 1 folding woodcut map, 6 mostly large vignettes and decorative frames in woodcut, and 1 folding table. Bound in contemporary vellum with a handwritten title on the spine and uniformly red edges. - For references, see above. - A historical, ethnographic and geographical description of Russia and Siberia in particular, written by the Swede Philip Johan Tabbert von Strahlenberg (1677–1747), who, as a prisoner of war during the Great Northern War of 1709, was very familiar with parts of Western Siberia from his own observations. Following Strahlenberg’s suggestion, the Urals have since been regarded as Europe’s border. It also covers voyages of discovery in Kamchatka (Bering, Shirikov, Spangenberg) and the languages of the Tatar peoples (see the table containing a Kalmyk vocabulary and the large-format table ‘Harmonia Linguarum’). - The map of Asia ‘Nova descriptio geographica Tattariae Magnae’ – the most accurate map of this region for a long time – originally included separately as a large-format (68.5 x 100.5 cm) copper engraving printed from two plates, is shown here in a faithful lithographic reproduction from 1879, which was produced in connection with the publication of a lecture on the subject delivered by the scholar A. Strindberg to the ‘Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography’. The essay (published in vol. I, no. 6, 1876, pp. 1–12 of the society’s journal) is included. - The complete set of 10 folding copper-engraved plates is incorrectly numbered as plates I–VI, IX, XI, XII and XXI, whilst the woodcut illustrations and map, which are also complete, are numbered X (spanning 3 pages), VII, VIII, XIII–XVIII, XIX (map) and XX. - Lithographic map with minor tears at the margins and some browning; the book block shows very minor foxing, soiling and finger marks at the margins; otherwise, a well-preserved, representative copy of this rare work.
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