Accession number
PML 146455
Creator
Demidov, Anatolīĭ, principe di San Donato, 1812-1870.
Published
Paris : Gihaut freres, [1848].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Atlas of lithographic plates published in 1848 to accompany the previously published 4 v. Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale & la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie (Paris: Ernest Bourdin and Co., 1840-1842).
Lithographs printed chine collé.
Library copy lacks descriptive text and has plates 2 through 61 only, comprising 6 of 9 parts entitled "Hongrie", "Valachie", "Moldavie", "Russie Méridionale Bessarabie", "Crimée 1re Partie", "Camp de Vosnessensk" (plates 55-61 only).
Lithographs printed chine collé.
Library copy lacks descriptive text and has plates 2 through 61 only, comprising 6 of 9 parts entitled "Hongrie", "Valachie", "Moldavie", "Russie Méridionale Bessarabie", "Crimée 1re Partie", "Camp de Vosnessensk" (plates 55-61 only).
Description
64 p., 100 leaves of plates : Ill. (lithograph) ; 53 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of former owner, possibly a member of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby, with phoenix and motto "Sans changer"; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 burgundy morocco by T. Hatchard, London.
Classification
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