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Oct 27, 2017
France
 Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco
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LOT 120:

GROOT, Iakov Karlovitch (1812-1893) [-autograph]
Journeys around Finland from the Ladoga Lake to the river ...

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GROOT, Iakov Karlovitch (1812-1893) [-autograph]
Journeys around Finland from the Ladoga Lake to the river Torneo : travel notes of Iakov Grot, Saint-Petersburg, Krashen- nikov and K°, 1847, XVIII, 242 p., 6 ill.,19.
Edition contains beautiful xylographs, including works of Seryakov. Elegant leather binding with gold-tooled arms of coat in a centre of a cover, super ex libris on a back. Triple red stain edge. Dedication from Grot to Baroness Marie Dupont-Delporte on a title page (in French). His autographic letter to the same recipient is interlaced in a book (2 pages, 31 May/12 June 1857, Tsarskoye Selo, in French).
Contents : Kexholm, Serdobol and Nyslott; From Nyslott to Kuopio; From Kuopio to Torneo; Trip to mount Avasax and the midnight sun; Torneo and Uleaborg; Lake Ulea and the city Kayan; Walk in Paldamo and the memory of the Emperor Alexander; Return to Kayan and from there to Helsingfors.
Provenance :
Baroness Marie Dupont-Delporte (born Skripitzina, 1813-1887)


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