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Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécutée en 1837.
by DEMIDOFF, Anatole de
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About This Item
First edition of this celebrated illustrated travelogue, in a spectacular binding with the arms of the Russian Empire. This is the first of Demidoff's travelogues to be published, with all plates printed on India paper.
In 1837 Count Anatoliy Nikolaevich Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-70), launched a geological expedition to Ukraine and Crimea at his own expense. He was accompanied on his travels by the artist Denis Raffet, who illustrated Demidoff's account.
We have come across other examples of this impressive binding, sometimes without the double-headed eagle on the covers. This is the first we see in red morocco, and one of the rare ones with the binder's label.
Description and Bibliographic references
Tall 8vo. (26 x 16.7 cm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece on India paper, title, vii, 621, [3 including errata and table] pp., with 23 wood-engraved plates after Raffet, all printed on India paper mounted and with tissue guards, one page of sheet music, numerous wood engravings in text; some occasional spotting.
Contemporary red morocco by Boutigny (with label), boards with richly gilt floral ornaments and Russian double-headed eagles, flat spine titled and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt; lightly rubbed.
Atabey 337 and Brunet II, 583; not in Blackmer.
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- PY Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 691
- Title
- Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécutée en 1837.
- Author
- DEMIDOFF, Anatole de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris, E. Bourdin, 1840.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- travel, russia, hongrie, hungary, Ungarn, romania, rumania, roumanie, color plate, colored, handcolored, illustrated, french, francais, voyages, russie
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travels: Russia, Siberia, Far East and Pacific;
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Our specialities cover everything related to the former Russian Empire and its neighbouring regions, from Eastern Europe to Alaska, through the Caucasus and Central Asia - travel, exploration, history, literature, arts, avant-garde, etc., in emigration too. Occasionally other works which take our fancy.We focus on the quality of the copies we offer, without the usual significant condition issues often met with Russian books, and we strive to add value with (most of) our descriptions.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Errata
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