UREY LISIANSKY (1773–1837)
A Voyage round the world in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6: performed, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the ship Neva
1814RCIN 1141469
One of the subject strengths in the Prince Regent’s library was travel and exploration, which may account for this superbly tooled volume on Lisianski’s circumnavigation of the world.
annotation: Dedication to Alexander I, Emperor of Russia [front flyleaf]