19th century

8vo (195 x 140 mm); engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (offset onto tissue-guard), one recurrent brown spot prevailing on first few leaves, else internally fine; near-contemporary, half-brown morocco, the spine very finely gilt-blocked and tooled, top edge gilt, others plain, a few spots to edges, otherwise a most attractive volume.

8vo (210 x 140 mm); frontispiece portrait of the author 'from the painting by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895'; contemporary full purple calf by Bayntun-Riviere, with double gilt panels, floral hand-tooled spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers and all edges gilt, spine and top edges of upper board faded, a few minor scuffs to boards, otherwise very handsome and internally fine.

First edition, 4to (26.7 x 21.2 cm). 28 pp. including title, dedication, preface, table description of the plates and half-title, cliv pp., half-title, 640 pp. including appendix, index and errata page, with 23 engraved plates, some folding, including 13 aquatints coloured by hand engraved by Edward Finden after Lavrov, a folding plan of Moscow by Mutlow and 2 wood engraved illustrations in text, bookplate and shelf label to upper pastedown; contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in six parts with gilt ruled raised bands, morocco label to second, corners bumped, slight wear to covers, internally very fresh, an excellent example.

First edition, 4to (36 x 30 cm); [1], 27 pp., 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece, all numbered and captioned, original publisher's label pasted in at rear, untrimmed pages; contemporary half dark green morocco gilt, light green boards, spine gilt lettered and decorated in compartments, raised bands; slightly worn at edges, faded to brown, a fine example.

One volume edition, later issue. Contemporary half green calf, titles and decoration to spine gilt, tan endpapers. Early gift inscription to first blank leaf, with a further neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, tips a little rubbed. Very nice.

First edition (Italian text version); 14 vols bound in 18 [with] 4 supplementary volumes, 22 in total; large 4to; illustrated with 6 large folding maps, 1640 aquatint plates, of which 1517 are hand-coloured, various tables, etc., portrait of Francis I replaced with an emblematic portrait of 'Terra', occasional short closed tears (not affecting plates), scattered light foxing, plates slightly toned, 2 vols heavily toned; contemporary vellum-backed maroon boards, red and green morocco spine labels with gilt lettering, a very good set.

Fourth edition. [vii], viii-xv, 439pp; one map, illustrations, plans, and hieroglyphs printed with the text throughout; publisher's cloth gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, ink stamp to front free endpaper, inner hinges cracked but holding, binding slightly bumped and marked; overall a very good copy.

Fifth edition. pp. xxxviii, [6], 574, 24 adverts on blue paper dated 1845 at rear, one folding map at rear, previous owner's notes in pencil on endpapers and half-title, lacks one page of publisher's adverts ; publisher's brown cloth gilt, slightly faded and stained on lower cover; overall a good copy.

Albumen print (22 x 28 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

Albumen print. 217 x 278 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.