Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807: von G. H. von Langsdorff. erster [-zweiter] Band. Erster Band

All plates in both v. are bound in at end, with separate half t. p., each plate with accompanying p. of text see Moraes's comments on plate of sheet music and view of San Francisco. Footnotes in each v., with some bibliographic references. From the t. p.: v. 1: "Mit acht und zwanzig Kupfer...

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Other Authors: Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, Langsdorff, G. H. von (Georg Heinrich)
Format: Text
Language:German
Published: Im Verlag bey Friedrich Wilmans 1812
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1961/lima:27180
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Summary:All plates in both v. are bound in at end, with separate half t. p., each plate with accompanying p. of text see Moraes's comments on plate of sheet music and view of San Francisco. Footnotes in each v., with some bibliographic references. From the t. p.: v. 1: "Mit acht und zwanzig Kupfern und einem Musikblatt v. 2: mit siebenzehn Kupfern." Plate count as listed on the t. p. does not include the ports. of von Langsdorff (v. 1) and Adam Johann von Krusenstern (v. 2), commander of the expedition, to whom the second v. is dedicated v. 1 is dedicated to Czar Alexander I of Russia. V. 1, p. [7]-[22]: list of subscribers, with publisher's tally of subscribers' preference for black letter or roman type most selected the former. Vol. 1: [30], 303, [35] v. 2: 335, [19] p. Moraes, R. B. de. Bib. brasiliana, p. 455. Bookplate of the Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana The Oliveira Lima Coll. on front paste-down of each v. Lima Library copy imperfect, v. 2 lacking plates nos. 9 and 10 and plate 17 with p. of text. Lima Library copy in contemporary half stained leather, marbled paper boards, gold-stamped spine