"Demidoff, Anatole - Travels In Russia"
DEMIDOFF, Anatole de (1813-1870). Travels in Southern Russia and Crimea, via Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia. Atlas of natural history only. Paris: Ernest Bourdin, 1842. Folio (400 x 320 mm). 95 lithographs and maps, most hand-colored, including 4 large folding maps. Green Moroccan, central fleuron BN? Princely coat of arms? FIRST EDITION of this atlas depicting animals, mollusks, mushrooms, geological sections, etc. Demidoff organized a scientific expedition to Southern Russia and Crimea. Scattered foxing. Published in Paris in 1842, under the direction of Anatole de Demidoff. The work, dedicated to Emperor Nicholas I. The journey was made in 1837, passing through Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia. 
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