Title: Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806... Author: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von Place: San Francisco Publisher: Thomas C. Russell Date: 1927 Description: Translated by Thomas C. Russell. xiv, 158 pp. Illustrated with a folding map, facsimiles of original German and English edition title-pages, 2 portraits (of Langsdorff and Rezanov), and five plates from engravings in the original German edition of 1812. 10x6½, linen-backed blue boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed, jacket with paper spine label. No 107 of 260 copies. Inscribed by Russell on limitation page. Prospectus laid in. Langsdorff was a naturalist with Kruzenshtern on his voyage around the world. This volume reprints the California-related portion of his work, and includes a reproduction of the first published view of San Francisco, which was issued with the original German edition but not its English translation. Howes L81; Cowan p.382; Hill, 970; Rocq 15908. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket faded on spine and lightly worn at edges; slight lean to spine; else very good. Item number: 186046
Title: Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806... Author: Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von Place: San Francisco Publisher: Thomas C. Russell Date: 1927 Description: Translated by Thomas C. Russell. xiv, 158 pp. Illustrated with a folding map, facsimiles of original German and English edition title-pages, 2 portraits (of Langsdorff and Rezanov), and five plates from engravings in the original German edition of 1812. 10x6½, linen-backed blue boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed, jacket with paper spine label. No 107 of 260 copies. Inscribed by Russell on limitation page. Prospectus laid in. Langsdorff was a naturalist with Kruzenshtern on his voyage around the world. This volume reprints the California-related portion of his work, and includes a reproduction of the first published view of San Francisco, which was issued with the original German edition but not its English translation. Howes L81; Cowan p.382; Hill, 970; Rocq 15908. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket faded on spine and lightly worn at edges; slight lean to spine; else very good. Item number: 186046
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