Romanovs

First edition, oblong folio (39 x 53 cm); title-page in Cyrillic, ten chromolithographs loose as issued with captions in Russian and French, in good condition; in the original publisher's red cloth portfolio, without the ties, silver gilt title in French to upper cover.

Lithograph with text in gilt (924 x 330 mm), signed in Cyrillic and dated lower left in plate; upper left corner slightly chipped.

2 volumes, 8vo; including a 4 page publisher's catalogue at the end; contemporary mottled half calf gilt, green morocco labels, an excellent set; viii, 357, [5]; [2], vii, [i], 219, [7] pp.

Cloth handkerchief (52 x 59 cm). Printed, red border, view in the centre, double-headed eagle in corners; slightly faded, light traces of folds. Framed & glazed.

First edition; 4to (336 x 280 mm); with 53 plates, illustrations within text, prospectus loosely inserted; tear to a corner of one plate; original red morocco gilt; [4], engraved title, [2], frontispiece, letterpress title, [4], index [8], 263, xlv, 59 pp.

First edition; large folio (66 x 51 cm); 27 chromolithographs, including title, after Simakov, Makovskii, Sokolov, Savitskii, Karazin, Polenov, Kramskoi, Vereshchagin, Makorov, Bogdanov, Grigor'ev, Aleksandrovskii, Surikov and Samokish, decorative initials and illustrations in the text, many chromo-lithograph, text printed in black, blue and red (occasional spotting, some offsetting from plates onto the text, adhesion to text from two plates); original dark green morocco-backed cloth, upper cover richly gilt incorporating the Russian imperial eagle, spine with imperial regalia blocked in gilt with small restorations, lower side blocked in blind, white moiré endpapers, all edges gilt.

Large octavo (25.7 x 20 cm). [2], title, [4], 341, adv. [2] pp., owner's inscription to title. Contemporary blue sheep over cloth boards, gilt spine, small chip to lower board, corners slightly bumped.

Folio (400 x 290 mm). Lith. title, half-title, title, [4], 100, 210, IV pp.; marginal tears to several leaves. Publisher's brown calf over red cloth boards, gilt lettering to upper cover; spine rubbed, some soiling.

Quarto (293 x 210 mm); with 21 plates including 7 double-page, 13 facsimilies, all with original tissues-gaurds; publisher's red half calf, gilt lettering to upper cover, spine gilt ruled, with gilt lettering and large gilt crown; light marginal spotting; half-title, title, [4], 606 pp.

8vp (27.5 x 19 cm). 25 pp., with 3 plates. Contemporary silk binding, gilt upper cover; repaired, some loss of gilt, waterstains to lower cover.