NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY, FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA. Third Edition.

Third edition, two volumes bound as one, 8vo., pp.xxvii,428,iv,336, half dark brown calf with contrasting green label, marbled boards and endpapers, hand-coloured frontispieces, 2 b/w plates, 3 folding maps ('Map of the Country between St. Petersburg and the Behring's Strait, showing the route performed by J. Cochrane'; 'Map of the Eastern Part of Siberia and the Peninsula of Kamtchatka, compiled from the latest authorities', and 'Chart Showing the Route of Major Paulutzki around and through the Country of Tchuktchi' (preceding Appendix)., and 5 line drawings; foxing to maps, generally bright within, light cracking along higes, a very good copy. INCOMPLETE. MISSING Q TO VOLII (pp.225-40 - section on Kazan) Octavo. XXVII, 428 pages and IV, 336 pages. With 2 coloured aquatint frontispieces, 3 multiple folded engraved maps and a few text illustrations. Half leather bindings of the time with coloured spine labels and some gold and blind stamping. (66) Abbey 351 note - Cf. Lowndes 485. - The English Navy Captain Cochrane set out in 1820 on his journey through Russia to East Siberia to check whether the landmasses of America and Asia were connected. - >>Cochrane set out on a world tour, but having married in Kamchatka, he returned to England<< (A.) - The beautiful frontispieces depict a Tartar woman with a child and a girl from Cheboksary. - The original English edition of 1824 was published entirely without illustrations, the 2nd edition with 4 uncoloured views (cf. A.) - Title page with contemporary annotation. - Frontispiece slightly trimmed. - Folded maps with creases and small tears at the edges and folds. - Occasionally slightly spotted. - Bindings slightly rubbed and discoloured. - Good copy. includes observations on the expeditions of von Kotzebue and others. …