Travels in Russia and the Crimea 1854
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RUSSIA. DÉMIDOFF, ANATOLE DE. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie... Deuxième édition... Paris (Ernest Bourdin) 1854.
Large 8:o (about 257x166 mm.). (5), VI-XIV, (1)-510, (2, last blank) pp. 2 large folding partly coloured engraved maps (minor foxing, both with tears). Engraved frontispiece portrait (some foxing), 1 leaf of music, 26 woodengraved plates, of which 10 in colours (all, minor foxing) and other woodengravings in text by Raffet.
Contemporary red half leather, somewhat worn. spine in five compartments. Minor foxing. Bookplate of Gösta Nobel.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
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Auktionsnummer:
517482
Datum:
2018-02-27