Russia.- Pallas (Peter Simon Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire..., 2 vol., second edition, lacking half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1), 52 aquatint or engraved plates or plans (most hand-coloured, 26 folding), 3 folding engraved maps, and 28 engraved vignettes (all but a few hand-coloured), light offsetting as usual, occasional spotting or soiling, light staining to lower margin of frontispiece and title to vol.1, handsome contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, a little rubbed, corners repaired, [cf. Abbey, Travel 222, first edition of 1802-3], 4to, 1812.
Russia.- Pallas (Peter Simon Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire..., 2 vol., second edition, lacking half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1), 52 aquatint or engraved plates or plans (most hand-coloured, 26 folding), 3 folding engraved maps, and 28 engraved vignettes (all but a few hand-coloured), light offsetting as usual, occasional spotting or soiling, light staining to lower margin of frontispiece and title to vol.1, handsome contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, a little rubbed, corners repaired, [cf. Abbey, Travel 222, first edition of 1802-3], 4to, 1812.
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