GMELIN, Johann Georg (1709-1755). Voyage en Sibérie: contenant la description des moeurs & usages des peuples de ce pays. Paris: Desaint, 1767. The first French edition of Gmelin’s account of his overland expedition through Siberia. Cox I, 351; Howes G-212; see Lada-Mocarski 5; Wickersham 6103. Two volumes, 12mo (163 x 93mm). 2 engraved folding plates (some light spotting; repair to plate in vol. 2). Contemporary calf with gilding and morocco label on spine (some wear to spine and hinges; label missing and few wormholes in vol. 2). Provenance: Josse Vanschaftinghen (inscription dated 1825) – Dieter Schierenberg.
GMELIN, Johann Georg (1709-1755). Voyage en Sibérie: contenant la description des moeurs & usages des peuples de ce pays. Paris: Desaint, 1767. The first French edition of Gmelin’s account of his overland expedition through Siberia. Cox I, 351; Howes G-212; see Lada-Mocarski 5; Wickersham 6103. Two volumes, 12mo (163 x 93mm). 2 engraved folding plates (some light spotting; repair to plate in vol. 2). Contemporary calf with gilding and morocco label on spine (some wear to spine and hinges; label missing and few wormholes in vol. 2). Provenance: Josse Vanschaftinghen (inscription dated 1825) – Dieter Schierenberg.
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