Histoire pittoresque de l’Architecture en Russie suivie d’un apercu sur le climat, les moeurs et le développement de la civilisation dans ce pays, par Valérien Kiprianoff, lieutenant-colonel au corps des voies de communication, member des Sociétés imperials de géographie de Russie, des naturalistes de Moscou et de plusieurs sociétiés savantes de Russie et de l’étranger. / Ouvrage orné de 55 dessins lithographiés et d’une carte générale de la Russie d’Europe.
St. Petersburg: S. Dufour, 1864. Binding: Original full pebbled morocco with tooled gilt lettering on the spine, marbled free end papers. , Notes: Text in French.
This is this the only French edition of this scarce book, its plates focused primarily on rural Russian architecture.
, Size: Tall 8vo. (235mm x 160mm), Illustration: Complete with 56 plates (2 folding) including 36 lithographic views of important edifices, and 1 folding coloured map of European Russia., Pages: P. (4), paper cover, blank, (2), half-title, printer’s imprint, title, copyright page, dedication (2), 1-127, paper cover, (4)., Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design;Book Russia;. Plates are clean and crisp,A fine example of this important Russian architectural book in an attractive full morocco binding. Item #B3996
Binding: Original full pebbled morocco with tooled gilt lettering on the spine, marbled free end papers. , Notes: Text in French.
This is this the only French edition of this scarce book, its plates focused primarily on rural Russian architecture.
, Size: Tall 8vo. (235mm x 160mm), Illustration: Complete with 56 plates (2 folding) including 36 lithographic views of important edifices, and 1 folding coloured map of European Russia., Pages: P. (4), paper cover, blank, (2), half-title, printer’s imprint, title, copyright page, dedication (2), 1-127, paper cover, (4)., Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design;Book Russia;.
Price: $3,000.00