along the southern shores of the Baltic.
London, J.J. Stockdale, 1815
Fine example in richly gilt red morocco. An early issue of the first edition, with plates including Copenhagen, Hamburg, Stralsund, Frauensberg, Tilsit, Cronstadt, Igiora a Village near St. Petersburg, a Flying Mountain (a helterskelter), Bronnitzi, women near Novgorod, the Kremlin, Borodino, Smolensk, Lithuanian Jewesses and a view of Borisoff. These plates are accompanied by an interesting and informative text on local customs, history and so on, written as the author progressed along his route.
4to., (29.7 x 23.7 cm). Half-title, title, vii, 460 pp., with 20 hand-coloured plates (including the frontispiece), two maps, one full-paged uncoloured plate of Russian farming implements, and one text illustration, at least two plates with 1812 watermark. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on spine and both boards, gilt edges; rebacked preserving spine, a bit rubbed at edges.
4to., (29.7 x 23.7 cm). Half-title, title, vii, 460 pp., with 20 hand-coloured plates (including the frontispiece), two maps, one full-paged uncoloured plate of Russian farming implements, and one text illustration, at least two plates with 1812 watermark. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on spine and both boards, gilt edges; rebacked preserving spine, a bit rubbed at edges.
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