Marbault´s Essai sur le commerce de Russie... 1777
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4200 SEK
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Description
RUSSIA. (MARBAULT). Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes. Amsterdam 1777.
8:o. (4), (1)-299, (1) pp. 1 large folding engraved map.
Contemporary marbled boards, somewhat worn, spine with worn label lettered in ink, small damage at head, red edges.
Kress B. 59.
First edition of one of the first French works on commerce in Russia, including a noteworthy early map of Alaska.
The map bound into the end of the book, the "Carte des Découvertes des Russes dans la Mer Orientale, et en Amerique Pour Servir à l´essai, Sur le commerce de Russie," charts the islands between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Amerique Septentrionale, identifying ´Ile alakcha´ and the (albeit slightly misplaced) Aleutians.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6220
Date:
2015-12-15