Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs provinces de l’empire de Russie et dans l’Asie septentrionale; Traduits de l’allemand par le C. Gauthier de la Peyronie, Pallas, Peter Simon. Tome Neuvieme (Planches). Published by Maradan, Paris, 1794. Nouvelle Édition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; aka Quarto. This atlas alone constitutes the ninth volume of Pallas’s travels, comprising four large folding plates (including the large general map of the Russian Empire), and 104 plates, several of which are folding, containing flora (67 plates), fauna, archaeology, and a few double-page maps, totaling 108 plates. Contents have light toning and a few small areas of damp staining; they are otherwise in generally fine condition. Binding is in poor condition with back strip missing, front hinges weak with boards held loosely with tape; marbled endpapers are partially detached.
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811) was a German naturalist and explorer, was offered the opportunity by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences to lead one of the major scientific expeditions sent, at the initiative of Catherine II, to explore the Russian Empire, many parts of which were still poorly understood. This atlas summarizes Pallas’s discoveries in southern Russia. All of his travels throughout the vast Russian Empire advanced science in many fields (paleontology, geography, geology, ethnography and linguistics).
