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Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes.

Amsterdam 1777. 8vo. iv + 300 pp. + errata leaf + 1 folding map (42 x 55 cm) “Carte des découvertes des Russes dans la Mer Orientale, et en Amerique”, engraved by Croisey after Gerardin. Contemporary boards, top of spine & corners worn. “The part of this work dealing with the commerce of Russia is extremely detailed and worth studying. The part dealing with the discovery of Alaska [‘Découvertes & commerce de la Russie dans la mer orientale & en Amérique’, pp. 279–299] contains many inaccuracies” (Lada-Mocarski). Barbier, 2, col. 249. INED, p. 421 & 212. Lada-Mocarski, 26.

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