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2V Set Dobell TRAVELS KAMTCHATKA & SIBERIA 1830

Title: Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a Narrative of a Residence in China
Author: Peter Dobell
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Printing Year: 1830
Number of Volumes: 2V

Notes: Library binding in russett cloth with gilt spine titling. With handcoloured engraved frontispiece in volume 2 (missing in volume 1) by J. Clarck. IX, 351; X, 341 pp. First edition of an interesting account by Dobell of his travels to Kamtchatka and Siberia. Peter Dobell was the counsellor of the court of the Emperor of Russia, Alexander, and he travelled from Kamchatka to the Ural Mountians in August-November 1812. Dobell tells us a lot about the peoples of Siberia, its resources and the road that serves as the connection between the East and West limits of the Empire. The approximate dimensions are 5" x 8". The volume shows light external wear, and is solidly bound with clean pages and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50