450 - Russia

Russia Georgi, Johann Gottlieb Description of All the Nations of the Russian Empire, in Which Their Customs, Religions, Traditions, Dwellings, Clothing, and Other Curiosities Are Described. Translated from the German. Vol. 2 and 4 (of 4). With 55 old-colored copperplate engravings (Nos. 28–55 and Nos. 76–100). St. Petersburg, Müller, 1776. Small 4°. 2 leaves, 228, 61 pp. Contemporary half leather binding (scraped, spine with missing sections). A rare work with decorative plates, engraved or etched by an anonymous artist, featuring trilingual captions (Russian, German, French). - Colas 1224. - Cf. Lipperheide Kaa 10 (German ed.). - Contains Vol. 2: Tartar Peoples, Vol. 4: Other Nations (Kalmyks, Bratzken, Mongols, etc.). - The geographer and chemist Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729–1802) joined the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg in 1770. In 1772, he took part in the Pallas Expedition, which took him through large parts of central Siberia. “His particular significance lies in the fact that, through his excellent regional descriptions—in which ethnological, economic, and vegetation-geographical observations are also treated in detail and with reliability—he opened up large parts of the Russian Empire to the science of geography for the first time.” (NDB VI, 242).—Slightly browned; Vol. 4 lacks a title page. A rare work with decorative plates engraved or etched by an anonymous artist, featuring trilingual captions (Russian, German, French). - Colas 1224. - Cf. Lipperheide Kaa 10 (German ed.). - Contains Vol. 2: Tartar Peoples, Vol. 4: Other Nations (Kalmyks, Bratzken, Mongols, etc.). - The geographer and chemist Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729–1802) joined the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg in 1770. In 1772, he took part in the Pallas Expedition, which took him through large parts of central Siberia. " "His particular significance lies in the fact that, through his excellent regional descriptions—in which ethnological, economic, and vegetation-geographical observations are also treated in detail and with reliability—he opened up large parts of the Russian Empire to the science of geography for the first time." (NDB VI, 242). —Slightly discolored; Vol. 4 is missing a title page. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.