Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration
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Lot 127
SARYTSCHEW, Gawrila (1763-1831). Account of a Voyage of Dis...
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SARYTSCHEW, Gawrila (1763-1831). Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the North-East of Siberia, The Frozen Ocean, and the North-East Sea [Bound with:] Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the North-East of Siberia, The Frozen Ocean, and the North-East Sea Vol. II. London: Printed by J. G. Barnard for Richard Phillips, 1806, 1807. Small 8vos. Volume I illustrated with 3 fold-out engraved plates and 1 hand-colored plate, volume II illustrated with 1 hand-colored plate. 70; 80 pp. Approximately 8 x 5". Bound in later (19th century?) plain brown backstrip over boards, ink titles to spine (binding worn, soiled, some occasional soiling, toning to text and plates). Very good. THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION OF BOTH VOLUMES OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
