Peter Simon Pallas - Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 - 1803

Peter Simon Pallas – Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794 (Vol. I) – With numerous copper engravings – London, James Ridgway, 1803

Item description
Title: Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, performed in the years 1793 and 1794
Author: Peter Simon Pallas (Councillor of State to the Emperor of All the Russias, etc.)
Translator: Francis Blagdon, Esq. (translated from the German, without abridgment)
Publisher: Printed for James Ridgway, York-Street, St. James’s-Square; by B. McMillan
Year of publication: 1803
Language: English

Description & extent:
Offered is the coveted first volume of the famous travel work by the German-Russian naturalist and explorer Peter Simon Pallas about his expeditions through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire.

Contents & illustrations: The volume is equipped with 5 copper engravings, some folding.

Provenance / Ex Libris: On the front pastedown there is a decorative, historic British coat-of-arms bookplate of a former owner, as well as a rare small bookseller’s sticker (“W. & J. Proyston, Stationers, Nº 41, Old Broad St.,” London) from the period.

Format & binding: Contemporary half-leather or calfskin binding with a stout, embossed spine (Vol. I).

Condition:
Age-appropriate, solid and authentic collector’s condition:
- Binding: binding worn, edges bumped, spine with slight signs of age, but stable (see photos).

Paper & interior: Paper slightly browned with age and foxed in places; the numerous copper engravings are clear and strongly printed, the text block firmly bound at the core.

Note on the photos:
The accompanying detail photos (including title page, coat-of-arms ex-libris, binding and selected copper engravings) are an essential part of the condition description.

Private sale from a private collection