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Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 1108075428ISBN 13: 9781108075428
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 316 pages. 9.84x6.85x0.87 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 1108075428ISBN 13: 9781108075428
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Libro
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 316 pages. 9.84x6.85x0.87 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Gloucester, R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, 1764., 1764
Da: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
4to, pp. [8], vii, [1 (blank)], [9]-280, [8 (index)]; with 2 folding maps and 5 engraved plates (2 folding); maps creased with some tears and small areas of loss (repaired), closed tear to pp. 183-184 (with repair slightly obscuring text to p. 183), occasional light stains; in twentieth-century half calf, marbled boards, gilt fillets to spine, two gilt-lettered red morocco labels; upper joint split but firm, small tear to upper cover; twentieth-century ownership inscription to front free endpaper.First edition of this English abridgement of Stepan Krasheninnikov's account of the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, 'the first scientific account of those regions' (Hill), illustrated with two maps by Thomas Jefferys and five engraved plates.Having studied medicine at Edinburgh, James Grieve (17031763) practiced as a physician in St Petersburg and then Moscow. He 'is best remembered for translatingThe History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, published posthumously in 1764 byThomas Jefferys, the royal geographer, from the 1755 work bySergey Krasheninnikov. The latter participated in the Russian Academy of Sciences' secondKamchatkaexpedition (173343), underBering, which attempted to prove the feasibility of a north-east passage between Asia and America. Krasheninnikov'sbook is a classic scientific study of all aspects of Kamchatka's vulcanology, geography, natural history, and ethnography' (ODNB). The inclusion of Georg Wilhelm Steller's 'observations on America, made during his travels with Bering's second voyage, are an important part of this work, and constitute one of the earliest accounts of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands' (Hill).The plates illustrate the harbours of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Okhotsk, Kizimen volcano, indigenous winter and summer huts, and a local 'method of producing fire'.ESTC T93828; Hill 948; Sabin 38301.
Editore: R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, Glocester, 1764
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. First Edition. Quarto, pp. [8], 280, [8], with 7 engraved maps and plates (4 folding). Contemporary calf boards with new, complementary calf spine in six compartments. Some edgewear to boards; minor foxing to endpapers; text and plates exceptionally clean and bright. Bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley on front pastedown. An abridged translation of the Russian edition of 1755, which offered "The first reliable descriptions of Kamchatka, based on the observations of the author and his companions during the Russian expedition to the far north, 1734-43, a part of Bering's Great Northern Expedition" (Arctic Bib. 9264, 9265). It describes the customs, morals, religion, and languages of the inhabitants of the Kamchatkan peninsula. In addition, the the author had access to the notes made by pioneering German botanist George Steller during his travels to North America with Bering's expedition, and the second part of the narrative includes much on the natural history of the region. Steller's observations "are an important part of this work and constitute one of the earliest accounts of Alaska and the Aleutian islands" (Hill 948).