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1793 ATLAS VOLUME OF PALLAS ' S VOYAGE TO THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES 120 PLATES / MAPS




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Reference Number: Avaluer:7011720Topic: Atlases
Language: RussianSubject: Reference
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THE 1793 ATLAS VOLUME OF PALLAS'S VOYAGE TO THE RUSSIAN PROVINCES
Approx.  120 MAPS AND PLATES
Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs provinces de l'Empire de Russie et dans l'Asie septentrionale : ; traduits de l'allemand par le C. Gauthier de La Peyronie. Nouvelle édition, revue et enrichie de notes par les CC. Lamarck, ... Langlès, ...  ATLAS VOLUME ONY - i.e. Tome neuvième. :Paris : chez Maradan, libraire, rue du Cimetière André-des-Arcs, n°... 9, an deuxieme da la République [between 1793-1794]  4to, 10 x 7.5 inches.  Contemporary boards worn as depicted, dust spoiled,  spine lost, general toning throughout, uncollated but an old notation states 120 PLATES and nothing appears missing.   May be returned for any reason 

"In 1767, Pallas was invited by Catherine II of Russia to become a professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences and, between 1768 and 1774, he led an expedition to central Russian provinces, Povolzhye, Urals, West Siberia, Altay, and Transbaikal, collecting natural history specimens for the academy. He explored the Caspian Sea, the Ural and Altai Mountains and the upper Amur River, reaching as far eastward as Lake Baika"



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