Russian illustrated books

First edition; 4to (22 x 17 cm); illustrated throughout with some full-page; publisher's original pictorial boards, a very good copy.

First edition; elephant folio (92 x 69.5 cm); lithograph title in French printed in red and gilt, text printed in brown on thick paper, 18 full-page chromolithographs with tissue guards, by Lemercier after Zichy, Timm and others, most with captions in Russian and French, 32 lithographed illustrations, a few in colour, printed on India paper and mounted as issued, tinted folding panorama of Moscow, endpapers foxed, some spotting to text and marginal spotting to plates, two tissue guards with slight damage, a.e.g.; original publisher's green morocco, gilt block of imperial regalia to upper cover and gilt detail to spine, rebacked preserving original spine and skilful restorations to binding, gilt clasps, an attractive copy.

6 vols bound in 4, folio (53 x 40 cm); 508 chromolithographed plates, 1 chromolithographed title and 6 chrimolithographed section titles, by F. Dreger after F. Solnstev, additional supplement of 11 chromolithographs inserted at the rear of vol. VI, without the Russian text; contemporary half maroon morocco, skilful restoration, light soiling to some plates but otherwise very fresh internally, all edges gilt.

Lifetime edition; 8vo (190 x 140 mm.); illustrated by V. Andreev, patterned endpapers, marbled edges; art nouveau style illustrated boards, red cloth spine with gilt title, a very good copy.

Lifetime edition; 4to (19.4 x 15 cm); with 13 illustrations including frontispiece of Galileo Galilei, marbled edges; green cloth with pictorial and gilt detail to cover, marbled edges; a fine copy.

Unique copy on papier japon; 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with 26 original gouaches signed by Sergey Solomko in place of the 25 engravings by Gaston Vuillier, 5 of which are full-page; red morocco, gilt doublures with yellow silk, marbled endpapers, spine in six parts with rasied bands, gilt title and date, a.e.g.; in excellent condition.

First edition; landscape folio (33.5 x 48.5 cm); illustrated tilte-page, dedication, preface, 2 letterpress tables, a 'Profiles of the Skulls' plate printed in two colours, a chromolithographic map, 31 photogravures, with additional pamphlet by the author with blue wrappers, in excellent conidion; unbound as issued within original green cloth portfolio, upper cover blocked in gilt with titling in Russian, white-watered silk lining, cover slightly rubbed.

Limited edition, one of 775 copies on velin rives; 4to, translated by A. Baranoff ; with 26 lithographic illustrations after Zworykine, of which 15 are full-page; original printed wrappers bound in later half red morocco, spine in five parts with gilt detail and floral inlays, top edge gilt a fine copy.

Oblong 4to (25 x 33 cm). 35 lithographed plates including one folding, three in sepia, three coloured, all captioned and some with text in Cyrillic; upper corner frayed at beginning. Original printed wrappers; soiled and frayed, with small losses, backstrip defective.

Folio (38 x 27.7 cm); complete with title including a list of actors and 12 collotype plates by K.A. Fisher, repaired tears to title, margins of 4 plates cut not affecting image, loose in portfolio; original patterned card boards with white cloth spine and printed label to upper cover.