PALLAS (Pierre-Simon) and LA PEYRONIE (Gauthier de, translat - Lot 174

PALLAS (Pierre-Simon) and LA PEYRONIE (Gauthier de, translator). Voyages [...] en différentes provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie septentrionale. Paris, Maradan, 1789 [I-II] - 1793 [III-VI]. 5 vol. in-4° and one atlas in-folio. [Vol. of text:] xxxij, 773, [3] pp. ; 550, [1] pp. ; 491, [1] pp. ; 722, [2] pp. ; 559, [1] pp. ; [Atlas:] 124 [/125] pl. on 108 ff. including 1 large folding map, 10 maps and plans and 20 folding plates. Rooted fawn calf [the atlas in half with small corners], long ornate spine, fawn morocco t.p. and g.p., double gilt fillet on covers, gilt roulette on edges, red speckled edges (period binding). The Atlas includes a very large general map of the Russian Empire, and numerous plates of botany, animals, idols, costumes, monuments, etc. Plate 1 of Volume II lacking; errata of Volume III partly stuck with the endpaper. Some freckling to the Atlas, some plates browned. Minor, but not serious, defects to the bindings of the 5 text volumes, some hinges brittle. The plates are well printed, a good copy in a contemporary binding.