Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Feb 26, 2022 12:00PM EST
Lot 20
BRETON DE LA MARTINIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1777?1852). L...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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BRETON DE LA MARTINIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1777?1852). La Russie, ou moeurs, usages, et costumes des habitants de toutes les provinces de cet empire? Paris: Nepveu, 1813. 6 volumes, 12mo in sixes. Half?titles, 111 engraved plates, most hand?colored (several folding frontispieces). Contemporary full speckled calf ruled in gilt, 2 red morocco lettering?pieces gilt, tooled centerpieces gilt of a man in costume, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers (spines and joints a bit rubbed). FIRST EDITION, of this work on Russian costume and customs with illustrations after original paintings or drawings by the French painter M.F. Damame?Demartrait (1763?1827). Brunet I:226; Colas 436; Fekula 3542; Lipperheide 1578.
