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GÜLDENSTÄDT, Johann Anton (1745-1781)

Lot 200
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Lot 200 | GÜLDENSTÄDT, Johann Anton (1745-1781)
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GÜLDENSTÄDT, Johann Anton (1745-1781)

Reisen durch Russland und im Caucasischen Gebürge. Edited by Peter Simon Pallas. St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1787-1791.

First edition, Empress Maria Feodorovna’s copy, of the first systematic study of the Caucasus. The expedition, and its publication, galvanized Russian interest in the region, leading very quickly to the 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk, which established East Georgia as a protectorate of Russia. Alexander I, Maria's son, later began Russia's protracted war of expansion in the region; Güldenstädt's survey was undoubtedly a vital tool. The expedition was sponsored by Catherine II and took Güldenstädt through Ukraine and Astrakhan into the northern Caucasus, Ossetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, and Georgia between 1770 and 1773. At the end of volume two is a dictionary of Kartvelian languages (Svan, Mingrelian, Kartvelian) spoken in the south Caucasus, primarily in Georgia, some recorded for the first time. Pallas edited the work following the author's untimely death in 1781. Bobins V, 1689; Chertkov, no.2839; Miansarov, p.340.



2 volumes, quarto (251 x 195mm and 245 x 178mm). One large engraved folding map and 27 engraved folding plates and maps (11 hand-coloured). Volume I: contemporary green goatskin gilt, sides with narrow roll border, arms of Maria Feodorovna at centre, flat spine in compartments with gilt-lettered red and brown spine labels, gilt edges (very minor wear at spine); volume II: contemporary red goatskin gilt, sides with narrow roll border, flat spine in compartments, gilt-lettered red and brown spine labels, gilt edges (a little wear and minor repairs at spine). Provenance: Empress Maria Feodorovna, second wife of Czar Paul I (1759-1828, binding of volume one) — Wolfgang Herz (sold Christie’s NY, 9 Dec. 2009, lot 93; booklabel) — [sold Christie’s, 29 Nov. 2012, lot 93].





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Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
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