L12402

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Lot 301
  • 301

Russian art and history.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 12 volumes, comprising:
  • Paper
Tolstoi, I. and N. Kondakov. Russkiya drevnosti. Vypusk vtoroi (-chetvertyi) [Russian antiquities. Part two (-four)]. St Petersburg, 1889-1891, 3 volumes, 4to, illustrations, contemporary vellum gilt, without parts 1 and 5-6; Carburi, M. Monument élevé a la gloire de Pierre-le-Grand. Paris: Nyon & Stouppe, 1777, folio, 12 folding engraved plates, later vellum; Gagarine, G. Sujets tirés des Saints Évangiles. Paris: Lemercier, [s.d.], folio, 40 chromolithographed plates (including title), in portfolio, occasional light marginal foxing, a few plate edges creased; Czartoryski, A. Mémoires... et correspondence avec Alexandre Ier. Paris: Plon, 1887, 2 volumes, 8vo, half green cloth; Tikhorimov, L. La Russie politique et sociale. Paris: Giraud, 1886, 8vo, half purple calf; Moltke, H. von. Briefe aus Russland. Berlin: Paetel, 1877, 8vo, half calf; Stourdza, A. de. Oeuvres posthumes religieuses, historiques, philosophiques et littéraires. Paris: Dentu, 1858-1859, 2 volumes, 8vo, half calf; Viollet le Duc, E. L'art russe. Paris: Morel, 1877, 8vo, coloured plates, half red morocco

Condition

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