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238 - Russia - Saint Petersburg [SAINT PETERSBURG - PLUCHART (Alex…
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Russia - Saint Petersburg [SAINT PETERSBURG - PLUCHART (Alexandre)] Memories of Saint Petersburg. A collection of 38 lithographs depicting national subjects, city and travelling carriages, drawn by various artists. Saint Petersburg, Pluchart, 1825. Oblong quarto: title page, table of distances including an engraved map of the surroundings of Saint Petersburg, index of the 38 lithographed drawings and 38 lithographed plates in black by various artists and lithographers, including A. Orlovskii, Aleksandrov, Swebach and Kollmann. Very white paper despite a few scattered small pinholes in places. Contemporary ½ red long-grain shagreen with small corners, leather missing from the headbands, rubbing, blue cardboard covers soiled and rubbed, round title label on the upper cover reading ‘Souvenir de Saint-Pétersbourg. Costumes Russes 1823’. A rare and beautiful collection of lithographs depicting scenes of daily life and transport in Saint Petersburg in the early 19th century. A true incunabulum of lithography. Alexandre Pluchart was a printer, lithographer, painter and publisher in Saint Petersburg during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. СЕНТ-ПЕТЕРСБУРГ Souvenirs from Saint Petersburg, a collection of 38 lithographs depicting national themes, cityscapes and tourist groups, drawn by various artists. Saint Petersburg, Pluchart, 1825. Oblong quarto format: title page, a table of distances incorporating an engraved map of the St Petersburg environs, a table comprising 38 lithographed illustrations and 38 black lithographic plates by various artists and lithographers, including A. Orlovsky, Alexandrov, Svebach and Kollmann. The paper is white, despite a few scattered small pinholes here and there. ½ of the long-grained red shagreen of the period with slightly rounded corners, leather slits at headwear level, scuffing, and soiled and worn blue cardboard covers. A round title label on the front cover reads ‘Souvenir from St Petersburg. Russian Costumes of 1823’. A rare and beautiful collection of lithographs depicting scenes from everyday life and transport in St Petersburg in the early 19th century. A true incunabulum of lithography. Alexander Plyushar was a printer, lithographer, artist and publisher in St Petersburg in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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