Pallas, Peter Simon FLORA ROSSICA SEU STIRPIUM IMPERII ROSSICI PER EUROPAM ET ASIAM INDIGENARUM DESCRIPTIONES ET ICONES. ST PETERSBURG: E TYPOGRAPHIA IMPERIALI J.J. WEITBRECHT, 1784 Volume 1 parts 1 and 2 bound in one volume (all published), folio (450 x 284mm.), hand-coloured engraved additional title with dedication to Catherine II showing her sitting on a cloud and being presented the book, printed dedication leaf, 101 hand-coloured engraved plates by Karl Friedrich Knappe, contemporary tree calf with Russian imperial arms gilt, [Dunthorne 221; Great Flower Books, p.70; Hunt 672; Nissen BBI 1482; Stafleu TL2 7227], binding finely rebacked to style retaining an original lettering-piece
Pallas, Peter Simon FLORA ROSSICA SEU STIRPIUM IMPERII ROSSICI PER EUROPAM ET ASIAM INDIGENARUM DESCRIPTIONES ET ICONES. ST PETERSBURG: E TYPOGRAPHIA IMPERIALI J.J. WEITBRECHT, 1784 Volume 1 parts 1 and 2 bound in one volume (all published), folio (450 x 284mm.), hand-coloured engraved additional title with dedication to Catherine II showing her sitting on a cloud and being presented the book, printed dedication leaf, 101 hand-coloured engraved plates by Karl Friedrich Knappe, contemporary tree calf with Russian imperial arms gilt, [Dunthorne 221; Great Flower Books, p.70; Hunt 672; Nissen BBI 1482; Stafleu TL2 7227], binding finely rebacked to style retaining an original lettering-piece
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