Voyages in the Gulf of Finland - On the Baltic Sea
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RUSSIA - FINLAND - THE BALTIC. SARYCHEV, GAVRIIL ANDREEVICH. Gavrily Sarycheva po Baltyskomu moryu i Finskomu zalivu v 1802, 1803, 1804 godakh... ("Daily Notes on the Voyage of... Sarychev on the Baltic Sea amd the Gulf of Finland..."). St. Petersburg 1808.
Small 4:o (235x185 mm.). (6), 1-177, (1blank), (4, last blank) pp. 4 folding printed tables (included in the pagination).
Contemporary half leather, restored with new spine and new corners, marbled boards, somewhat worn. Small library enumeration stamp on verso of title, library labels and bookplates on inside of covers.
Gavril Sarychev (1763-1831), Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral (1829), Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciencs (1809) in St. Petersburg.
In 1802-1806, Sarychev led the Baltic hydrographic expedition. He was also in charge of hydrographical research in Russia since 1808 and led the compilation of the "Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean" in 1826. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
6327
Datum:
2015-06-16