Voyage en Siberie. Paris: Desaint, 1767. 2 volumes. 12mo (159 x 95 mm). xxii, [2] blank, 430; [8], 324, [4] pp. Half-titles, errata. Engraved plate and engraved folding sheet of music. Period speckled calf, morocco spine labels. Long tear at center of folding plate, spine of vol 1 stamped "2" and vice versa, minor chipping to joints, extremities worn. FIRST FRENCH EDITION of "one of the earliest accounts of Bering's voyage to the Northwest mainland, written by the botanist of the expedition" (Howes G212).
Voyage en Siberie. Paris: Desaint, 1767. 2 volumes. 12mo (159 x 95 mm). xxii, [2] blank, 430; [8], 324, [4] pp. Half-titles, errata. Engraved plate and engraved folding sheet of music. Period speckled calf, morocco spine labels. Long tear at center of folding plate, spine of vol 1 stamped "2" and vice versa, minor chipping to joints, extremities worn. FIRST FRENCH EDITION of "one of the earliest accounts of Bering's voyage to the Northwest mainland, written by the botanist of the expedition" (Howes G212).
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