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Lot Number
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103
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Author
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STROGANOV, SERGEI GRIGOREVICH AND FEDOR GRIGOREVICH SOLNTSEV.
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Title
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DREVNOSTI ROSSIISKAGO GOSUDARSTVA, IZDANNIYA PO VYSOCHAISHEMU POVEL'NIYU. OTDLENIE I (- VI) [ANTIQUITIES OF THE RUSSIAN STATE, PUBLISHED BY THE HIGHEST COMMAND].
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Year Published
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1849
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Place Printed
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MOSCOW ALEKSANDR SEMEN
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Description
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DREVNOSTI ROSSIISKAGO GOSUDARSTVA, IZDANNIYA PO VYSOCHAISHEMU POVEL'NIYU. OTDLENIE I (- VI) [ANTIQUITIES OF THE RUSSIAN STATE, PUBLISHED BY THE HIGHEST COMMAND]. MOSCOW: ALEKSANDR SEMEN, 1849-1853. 7 volumes (one text volume and 6 volumes of plates), 4to (313 x 237mm.) and folio (518 x 376mm.), one of 600 copies, 2 chromolithographed title-pages (one Russian, one French) in first plate volume, chromolithographed section-title and table of contents in each plate volume, 508 (numbered 112+101+147+37+72+39) chromolithographed plates with captions in Russian and French, contemporary green morocco gilt, spines lettered in French, gilt edges, some light spotting in text volume, light browning in margins of some plates, joints slightly rubbed
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Lot Note
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Fekula 6194 A fine copy with the text volume (which is sometimes missing). This elaborate description of a wide range of Russian artefacts was conceived by A.N. Olenin, President of the Academy of Arts, and undertaken with the patronage of Tsar Nicholas I. It was written by Stroganov and illustrated by Solntsev.
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Provenance
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Constantin Carathéodory, bookplate
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Estimated Price
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GBP 60,000.00 - 90,000.00( USD 91200.00 - USD 136800.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 169,250.00 ( USD 257260.00)
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