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408 - A History of the Imperial Guard Jäger Regiment over 100 Year…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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A History of the Imperial Guard Jäger Regiment over 100 Years [История Лейб-Гвардии Егерского полка за сто лет. 1796–1896]. Compiled from archival documents by officers of the regiment. St Petersburg, Trenke & Fusnot Press, 1896. Print run of 500 copies. 2 volumes: - Text: 171 pp., numerous illustrations and portraits in separate plates; - Atlas: 32 lithographed plans and maps of the regiment’s battles and manoeuvres (Austerlitz, Friedland, Borodino, Kulm, Leipzig, Telich 1877, etc.), with a list of plates. Publisher’s binding, richly illustrated in polychrome and gilt (illustrators N. Bounine and P. Tikhonovitch): flags, drums, bayoneted rifles, trumpets and St George’s ribbons, St Andrew’s plaque and a ribbon reading ‘For Telich, 12 October 1877’ commemorating the regiment’s heroic exploits during the Russo-Turkish War. Triple gilt edges. Large quarto format (34 x 26 cm). Spine in brown leather, rubbed; a few pages yellowed and water-stained at the beginning of the volume. A rare standard reference edition, regarded as one of the finest Russian regimental histories, both for its text and for its rich collection of illustrations and maps.
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About the sale Russian Art – Mr G’s Collection – Part 3
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM
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