By Jean Sauvage
Paris   Auguste Aubry
7.5" by 5" x [3], 4-30, 1pp
A scarce first edition of Jean Sauvage's account of his 1586 expedition to Russia.
By Jean Sauvage

1855 Memoire du Voiage en Russie fait en 1586

Paris   Auguste Aubry
7.5" by 5" x [3], 4-30, 1pp
A scarce first edition of Jean Sauvage's account of his 1586 expedition to Russia.
£240.00
: 0.5kgs / : 773F22

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

A scarce account of Jean Sauvage's expedition to Russia in 1586.

In the original French. With the original wraps bound in. in a slightly later cloth binding. Internally very good. 

Taken from the manuscripts in the Imperial National Library in Paris by L. Lacour.

Bears a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper, 'D. L. Cumming'.

Condition

In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Some tidemarks and fading to the front board and slight rubbing to the head of the front hinge. Light shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine, and extremities. Marks to the front and rear paste downs and free endpapers, including former owner's inscription. Hinges to front slightly strained but still firm. Internally, firmly bound. Some small tidemarks to gutter of first few pages, and head of last few. Pages bright and generally clean.

Good

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