Sale: 305 / Rare Books, Nov. 13./14. 2006 Lot 593

 
Raphael Bernoville - Souanétie libre. 1875.


593
Raphael Bernoville
Souanétie libre. 1875.
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,428 / $ 1,542

(incl. surcharge)
Bernoville, R., La Souanétie libre. Épisode d'un voyage à la chaine centrale de Caucase. With 7 tinted lithogr. plates and 1 colour lithogr. folded map as well as 22 woodcuts in text. Paris, A. Morel 1875. Red original half calf with gilt decoration. Folio. 4 ll., 173 pp., 1 l.
Not recorded by Miansarof. - First edition of this splendid monography on the Caucasian region Suaneth. Beautiful lithographs by J. Laurens. With a large, folded map Carte de Souanetie d'après la Carte de l'Etat major Russe (54,5 : 59 cm). - The map's guard sheet with glued tears, else fine copy of the rare travel description.




593
Raphael Bernoville
Souanétie libre. 1875.
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,428 / $ 1,542

(incl. surcharge)