TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, In the Years 1793 and 1794. Translated from the German of .

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2nd Ed. 2 vols. 4to. xxiii + 552pp. + xxxii + 523pp. 25 stipple engravings including 21 hand coloured and with 8 folding; 26 stipple engravings with aquatint including 23 hand coloured with 16 folding; 29 line/line and stipple vignettes including 23 colour; 4 folding maps. Mainly unopened. Sporadic spotting and some offsetting, contemporary boards, some wear and marking, rebacked in stiff card with title labels to spines. Abbey 222 (First Edition, plates corresponding to our Second edition above); Cat. Russica No. P59; Prideaux, pp.220-1, 225, 347; Tooley (1954) Nos. 357-8.First published in English in 1802-3. Translated by F.W. Blagdon, journalist and Author of the ‘History of India.’Between 1793 and 1794, Pallas led his second expedition to southern Russia, visiting the Crimea and the Black Sea. He was accompanied by his daughter and his second wife, an artist, servants, and a military escort. In February 1793, they travelled to Saratov and then downriver to Tsaritsyn. They explored the country to the east, and in August travelled along the banks of the Caspian Sea and into the Caucasus Mountains. In September, they travelled to the Crimea, wintering in Simferopol. Pallas spent early 1794 exploring to the southeast, and in July travelled up the valley of the Dnieper, arriving back in St Petersburg in September. Pallas gave his account of the journey in his P. S. Pallas Bemerkungen auf einer Reise in die Südlichen Statthalterschaften des Russischen Reichs (1799–1801), translated as the above.Journey from St Petersburg to Tzaritzin - Remarks during excursions on the S. banks of the Volga - Vernal journey to Astrakhan - Journey from Astrakhan to lines of Caucasus - Observations during journey along Caucasus - Account of nations inhabiting Mt Caucasus, particularly Tsherrkessians or Circassians - Journey from Georgiefsk to Tsherkask & Taganrof - From Taganrog to Taurida - Travels in Crimea - Through S.W. quarter of Crimean peninsula - To Tshorguna, Balaklava & S. W. coast - Over Tshatyrdag & through S. E. mountains of Crimea - Through interior of Crimea, peninsula of Kertsch, to Isle of Taman - General remarks on Crimea - Present state of Crimea & economical improvements - Culture of vine in Crim-Tartary - Orchards of Crimea - Forest trees & shrubs of Crimea - Plants for economical purposes - Tame & wild quadrupeds, birds etc - Salt lakes - Manufactures & commerce - Return from Crimea to St Petersburg. US$1782.…

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Title
TRAVELS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, In the Years 1793 and 1794. Translated from the German of .
Author
Pallas, P.S.
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Printed for John Stockdale
Publication year
1812
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Hardcover
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1st Edition
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