Lot 58
Russia.- Bobrinskii (Alexei) Kurgani i Sluchainiya Arkheologicheskiya Nakhodki bliz Mestechka Smeli , 2 vol. only (of 3), chromolighographed plates, St. Petersburg, 1887 & others, Russia & Russian art (8)
Estimate: £300 - 500
Description
Russia.- Bobrinskii (Count Alexei) Kurgani i Sluchainiya Arkheologicheskiya Nakhodki bliz Mestechka Smeli [Burial mounds and fortuitous archaeological discoveries near Smiela], 2 vol. only (of 3), text in Russian, 4 folding maps and 55 plates, mostly lithographed, 10 chromolithographed and heightened with gold and/or silver, 2 folding, contemporary library half roan, original printed wrappers bound in, rubbed and scuffed, St. Petersburg, V.S. Balashev, 1887-94 § Tooke (William) View of the Russian Empire, 3 vol., second edition, folding engraved map, spotting, later half roan, 1800; and 3 others on Russian art, some with chromolithographs, 4to & 8vo (8)
⁂ Bobrinskii was head of the Imperial Archaeological Commission from 1886 to 1917 and his collection is now part of the Hermitage.
Description
Russia.- Bobrinskii (Count Alexei) Kurgani i Sluchainiya Arkheologicheskiya Nakhodki bliz Mestechka Smeli [Burial mounds and fortuitous archaeological discoveries near Smiela], 2 vol. only (of 3), text in Russian, 4 folding maps and 55 plates, mostly lithographed, 10 chromolithographed and heightened with gold and/or silver, 2 folding, contemporary library half roan, original printed wrappers bound in, rubbed and scuffed, St. Petersburg, V.S. Balashev, 1887-94 § Tooke (William) View of the Russian Empire, 3 vol., second edition, folding engraved map, spotting, later half roan, 1800; and 3 others on Russian art, some with chromolithographs, 4to & 8vo (8)
⁂ Bobrinskii was head of the Imperial Archaeological Commission from 1886 to 1917 and his collection is now part of the Hermitage.
