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PALLAS, Peter Simon - Travels of Mr. P. S. Pallas, in different provinces of the Russian Empire and in Northern Asia. Translated from the German by M. Gauthier de la Peyronie. Nouv. éd. Paris, Maradan, An II - 1794. 8 vol. in-8 and one vol. in-folio (atlas), 102 pl./108 for the atlas, spotting, numerous yellowings, flamed calf of the ep., gilt dent. on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt tr. Volume V comes from another copy and has a different decoration. The atlas is in half-rel. with the spine redone and the endpapers renewed. The atlas contains 102 plates instead of 108, including many folded or double-page maps. Representations of costumes, utensils, plants and animals. At the beginning a large map (1,20 m wide) of the Russian Empire in 1787
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PALLAS, Peter Simon - Travels of Mr. P. S. Pallas, in different provinces of the Russian Empire and in Northern Asia. Translated from the German by M. Gauthier de la Peyronie. Nouv. éd. Paris, Maradan, An II - 1794. 8 vol. in-8 and one vol. in-folio (atlas), 102 pl./108 for the atlas, spotting, numerous yellowings, flamed calf of the ep., gilt dent. on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt tr. Volume V comes from another copy and has a different decoration. The atlas is in half-rel. with the spine redone and the endpapers renewed. The atlas contains 102 plates instead of 108, including many folded or double-page maps. Representations of costumes, utensils, plants and animals. At the beginning a large map (1,20 m wide) of the Russian Empire in 1787
