Poland rare books
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First edition, 4to, xxx, 276pp., large folding map, 7 engraved battle-plans, modern half calf gilt, red morocco label, light foxing to title, an excellent copy.
£600 -
First edition, 8vo., xvi, 277pp., 2 pages of advertisments at end, 5 engraved plates and a folding map, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked preserving spine, occasional light browning, an excellent copy.
£1,350 -
4to., (29.7 x 23.7 cm). Half-title, title, vii, 460 pp., with 20 hand-coloured plates (including the frontispiece), two maps, one full-paged uncoloured plate of Russian farming implements, and one text illustration, at least two plates with 1812 watermark. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on spine and both boards, gilt edges; rebacked preserving spine, a bit rubbed at edges.
£1,850 -
12mo (17.9 x 11.3 cm). xxiv including title, table of contents and preface, 179, [1] pp. Contemporary pink paper boards, yellow edges; slightly soiled, sunned.
£300 -
Oblong folio (31.5 x 44 cm). Thirty-five gelatin silver prints (14.5 x 21 cm), including 10 views of Kiev, 3 of Moscow, 3 of St. Petersburg, 3 of Tiflis and 2 of Odessa. Titles in ink on prints, yellow moiree silk paste downs. Half black morocco over pebble-grain cloth, spine in five compartments, traces of paper label to spine; rubbed, corners slightly bumped.
£3,000