DEMIDOFF (Anatole de). Voyage dans la Russie... - Lot 81 - Ferri & Associés

DEMIDOFF (Anatole de). Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, executed in 1837. Edition illustrated with sixty-four drawings by Raffet. Dedicated to S.M. Nicolas Ier, Emperor of all the Russias. Paris, Bourdin et Cie, 1840. Large in-8, full binding, viol. chagr. spine decorated throughout, wide decoration on covers, thread on edges, inner tooth, gilt tr. (Boutigny). FIRST ISSUE of Raffet's illustrations: equestrian portrait of Emperor Nicholas I and 23 plates on mounted chine and vignettes in the text, all wood-engraved. A superb copy, complete with preface and music leaf (Marche Valaque), often missing. From the library of Cte de Rochambeau.