Krusenstern (Capt. Ivan Fedorovich) Voyage Autour du Monde, 3 vol. including the rare Atlas, first
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Krusenstern (Capt. Ivan Fedorovich) Voyage Autour du Monde, Fait dans les Années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806, 3 vol. including the rare Atlas, first French edition, half-titles, Atlas with 21 lithographed plates and 9 engraved maps (3 folding), tissue-guards, vol. 1 with contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, text lightly browned and with a few instances of marginalia in red pencil, some light scattered foxing or spotting, uniformly bound in later calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with morocco labels, very lightly rubbed, Atlas spine a little sunned, an attractive set, [Sabin 38332; Hill 953], 8vo & folio, Paris, 1821.
⁂ The first French edition of Krusenstern's circumnavigation, thought to be translated from the original Russian by the author. This is the only edition to include the Atlas, "very important and difficult to obtain" (Hill).
⁂ The first French edition of Krusenstern's circumnavigation, thought to be translated from the original Russian by the author. This is the only edition to include the Atlas, "very important and difficult to obtain" (Hill).
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Krusenstern (Capt. Ivan Fedorovich) Voyage Autour du Monde, 3 vol. including the rare Atlas, first
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