The 'Northeastern part of Siberia, the Ice-Sea, the
Eastern-Ocean and the Northwestern coast of America' SARYTSCHEW [SARYCHEV], Gawrila (1763- 1831) Reis in het Noordoostelijke Siberie, en op de IJszee en den Noordoostelijken oceaan. Uit de Hoogduitsche vertaling van Johann Heinrich Busse overgezet door N. Messchaert. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart 1808. 2 volumes in 1. [II],XXXII,190; III-X,334p., wanting half-title to volume 2 as usual. With a large folding engraved map (78 x 47 cm) of the 'Northeastern part of Siberia, the Ice-Sea, the Eastern-Ocean and the Northwestern coast of America', 5 engraved plates coloured by hand, 10 folding engraved plates, and a folding table. Small tear (c.5 cm) in the map. Contemp. half calf, marbled boards, extremities and joints somewhat worn, edges dust-soiled. € 1500
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