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[RUSSIE]. HOUBIGANT (Armand Gustave) Moeurs et costumes des Russes, représ
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[RUSSIA]. HOUBIGANT (Armand Gustave) Moeurs et costumes des Russes, représentés en 50 planches coloriées, exécutées en lithographie.
Paris, Treuttel et Wurtz| Impr. de Firmin Didot, 1821. In-folio, [2] f. (fx-title, title, warning), 20 p. (explanation of plates), 50 plates, leaves in publisher's laced folder, muted brown cloth spine, title on label on upper board (stains on title etiquette, halo at head of fx-title and title, some soiling in margins| wetness in margins of 6 plates| 3 others affected on composition, plates 14, 15 and 34).
Important suite of 50 color plates showing various aspects of Russian life, including costumes, labor and recreational activities, based on compositions by the French illustrator A.-G. Houbigant (1790-1863).
Second edition conforms to the first published in 1817. The first 5 plates are signed "Lith. de C. de Lasteyrie". Attached is a lithograph, by Plachoff, in color and enhanced, "Le baptême", volant.
(Lipperheide 1352, Colas 1496)
Paris, Treuttel et Wurtz| Impr. de Firmin Didot, 1821. In-folio, [2] f. (fx-title, title, warning), 20 p. (explanation of plates), 50 plates, leaves in publisher's laced folder, muted brown cloth spine, title on label on upper board (stains on title etiquette, halo at head of fx-title and title, some soiling in margins| wetness in margins of 6 plates| 3 others affected on composition, plates 14, 15 and 34).
Important suite of 50 color plates showing various aspects of Russian life, including costumes, labor and recreational activities, based on compositions by the French illustrator A.-G. Houbigant (1790-1863).
Second edition conforms to the first published in 1817. The first 5 plates are signed "Lith. de C. de Lasteyrie". Attached is a lithograph, by Plachoff, in color and enhanced, "Le baptême", volant.
(Lipperheide 1352, Colas 1496)