World voyage by order of the Emperor

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LÜTKE (Frédéric) [1797-1882] A journey around the world commanded by His Majesty Emperor Nicholas I, aboard the corvette Le Séniavine from 1826 to 1829. Da Capo Press, New York & Amsterdam, 1971. 4 volumes, comprising 3 text volumes in octavo (22 x 15.2 cm). Ivory cloth binding. XXIV-410 + 2 maps, II-387 + 1 map, XIV-351 + 1 map. Complete with its atlas folio (50.5 x 35.5 cm), featuring 5 maps and 51 plates. A beautiful facsimile of the 1835 edition published by Didot, covering the voyage from Cronstadt in 1826 to Rio, Cape Horn, Valparaiso, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and up to the Bering Strait. Please contact me for shipping prices outside the European Union.