Johnston, Robert (fl. circa 1815) Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland Along the Southern Shores of the

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Johnston, Robert (fl. circa 1815)Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland Along the Southern Shores of the Baltic. London: for J.J. Stockdale, 1815.
Large quarto, illustrated with twenty hand-colored plates (including the frontispiece),two maps, one full-paged uncolored plate of Russian farming implements, and one text illustration, bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on spine and both boards, a.e.g., front board detached, rubbed, spine cracked down the center, 11 1/2 x 9 in.
Estimate $700-900


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