Rechberg, Charles, comte de & George Bernhard Depping

Les peuples de la Russie, ou description des moeurs, usages et costumes des diverses nations de l'empire de Russie. Paris: D. Colas, 1812-1813



2 volumes, folio (18 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.; 480 x 390 mm). Half-titles, 96 hand-colored aquatint plates after E. Karnejeff, 4-page prospectus laid in; slight marginal soiling on a few leaves. Old green straight-grain morocco over boards, gilt-stamped green morocco title labels on upper covers, spines gilt; endpapers in second volume renewed, a few scrapes and scuffmarks.

Oscar B. Cintas (ms. ex-libris on half-titles)

Colas 2491; Lipperheide 1348

slight marginal soiling on a few leaves, endpapers in second volume renewed, a few scrapes and scuffmarks.
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First edition. Rechberg's famous work on the costumes and customs of the peoples of the Russian empire includes Slavs, Tartars, Caucasians, Mongols, and others. The section on "peuples immigrés" includes Armenians, Persians, Chinese, and Japanese.

In place of the often-missing plate Cosaques du Don has been substituted Les habitans de la Ville de Tcherkask. The oft-suppressed Le bain russe is present here.

A beautiful copy.