Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794, in 2 volumes, complete Stafleu & Cowan 6482

Stafleu & Cowan 6482

This is the hardcover first edition

folio (15 3/8 x 9 3/8

Provides easy access to information on the composition and distribution of all species of amphibians and reptiles occurring in Middle America

spine with six raised bands

Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794, in 2 volumes, complete Stafleu & Cowan 6482Pp. xxiii, (1, errata) 552; xxx, (1, errata), 523; with 51 engraved and aquatint plates (most of which are hand colored), 4 folding engraved maps, 28 hand colored aquatint vignettes. Contemporary speckled calf leather, rebacked preserving original spines with red and black gilt lettered labels, 4to (275 x 217 mm). This is the first edition in English. It was translated from the original German entitled "Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des