The Tsar and His People or Social Life in Russia

De VOGUE, Eugene Melchior, CHILD, Theodore, COOK, Clarence and VERESTCHAGIN, Vassili

Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1891

Beschreibung

Small 4to. Yellow cloth with gilt spine lettering and black, red, white, blue and gilt pictorial emblem on front board. 435pp, 2pp ads. Top edge gilt. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations and full-page plates. Very good. Text block is tight and fine, with binding showing mild edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight and decent first edition of this hefty tome with an unusual blend of travel and art -- chapters such as "Through the Caucasus," "Palatial Petersburg," "Holy Moscow," "The Kremlin and Russian Art," "Modern Russian Art" and "Russian Bronzes." De Vogue (1848-1910), who penned the first two chapters, was a French polymath -- diplomat, literary critic, travel writer, archaeologist and more. Child (1846-92) penned the next five chapters and Cook (1828-1900) the eighth, with the closing ninth chapter by Russia's famed war artist Vereshchagin (1842-1904). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48476

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Titel: The Tsar and His People or Social Life in ...

Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1891

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage