95 Demidoff,Anatole Nikolaievitch, (1812-1870). Journey to Southern Russia and the Crimea, through Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia, executed in 1837 under the direction of M.A. Demidoff, by M.M. de Sainson, Leplay, Huot, Léveillé, Raffet, Rousseau, de Nordmann and du Ponceau. Dedicated to H.M. Nicolas 1 st, Emper. of all Russia. Drawn from nature and lithographed by Raffet. Paris, Gihaut frères, (1838-1848). In-folio in ff of 64 pp., 100 plates. Superb album of 100 original lithographs by Auguste Raffet. These engravings are "not only an artistic marvel but also a precious ethnological document" (Bénézit). One joins the 5 lithographs, in duplicate, of the same edition, N°N° 59; 64; 67; 68; 74. Very complete. Some marginal freckles. Vicar, III,166; Carteret III, 197. (Archives of Lodygensky).
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