Tipv i porody losadej Rossijskoj Imperiji – Types and breeds of horses in the Russian empire – Types et races des chevaux de l’empire Russe – Typen und Racen von Pferden im Russischen Kaiserreich.
by Gulkevic, N. A
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About This Item
Lithogr. title within decorative Art noveau frame, 3 unnumb. ll. introduction and dedication, 66 collotype plates with horses mostly against a landscape or architectural backdrop, after paintings and photographs, each with printed captions in French, Russian, English and German, printed on thick glazed paper sheets, 30 unnumb. ll. with letterpress text on verso of thin tissue guard-like sheets in four languages. One errata leaf printed on red paper stock bound in. Cont. dark green morocco, gilt stamped Russian title to front cover, all edges gilt. Endpapers lined with white glazed paper with a moiree pattern. Oblong folio (495 x 400 mm). Extremeties worn and rubbed, front cover discoloured, spine evenly sunned and spine-ends bumped.
Rare large-format work with magnificent depictions of horses with KVK and OCKC showing only four copies (ÖNB, Madrid, NYPL, and Chicago) with 31 plates only (?). A number of the thin letterpress leaves with short tears else fine. The author was a master of the guard.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquariat Banzhaf (DE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2136
- Title
- Tipv i porody losadej Rossijskoj Imperiji – Types and breeds of horses in the Russian empire – Types et races des chevaux de l’empire Russe – Typen und Racen von Pferden im Russischen Kaiserreich.
- Author
- Gulkevic, N. A
- Format/Binding
- Cont. dark green morocco, gilt stamped Russian title to front cover, all edges gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- St. Petersurg (?)
- Date Published
- c. 1907
- Size
- Oblong folio (495 x 400 mm)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russian Horses
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