Lot 2108: SAUER, MARTIN.

[BILLINGS, JOSEPH, COMMODORE. c.1758-1806.] 1. Voyage ... dans le nord de la Russie asiatique, dans la mer Glaciale, dans la mer d'Anadyr, et sur les côtes de l'Amérique, depuis 1785 jusqu'en 1794, par le commodore Billings. Paris: F. Buisson, 1802. 2 volumes plus atlas. 8vo (196 x 123 mm). [4], xxiv, 385; [4], 418 pp. Half-titles. Atlas: 4to (284 x 220 mm). [4] pp. 14 engraved plates and large folding map. Quarter sheep and marbled boards, morocco spine labels; atlas in rebacked quarter sheep and patterned boards. Faint browning to map, otherwise fine. Provenance: Charles Richard Tronchin (ownership signature to titles in text vols); Henry Tronchin (bookplate in text vols). FIRST FRENCH AND BEST EDITION. Howes S117 ("Best edition"); Pilling 3490; Sabin 77153. 2. Reise nach den nördlichen Gegenden vom Russischen Asien und America. Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 1803. 8vo (190 x 114 mm). [2], 296 pp. Half-title. Large folding map colored in outline. Modern boards. Half-title and title toned at margins, tiny tear to margin of map. Second German edition. Howes S117. Together, 4 volumes.