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Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811). Zoographia rosso-asiatica Petropoli: In officina Caes. Academiae Scientarum Impress., 1831. 3 vols. Ellis Aves D424
By Nature Wise... Peter Simon Pallas was German born and studied in Germany, the Netherlands, and Great Britain before he came to St. Petersburg at age 26, and a year later was leading (with Falk and Delisle) an expedition as a member of the Academy…
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811). Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian empire in the years 1793 and 1794 Translated from the German. 2d ed. London: printed for John Stockdale. 2 vols. Ellis Omnia E10, v.1
Ur-Land of Oz... An aquatint view – from one of our most beautiful printed volumes – of the pre-Kansas homeland of our local Volga German population, who brought to western Kansas the Turkey-red wheat (as well as the noxious and pesky…
People, horses, and buggy in front of a barn
A black and grey image of a barn with people, horses, and a buggy in front of it