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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1132
• Lot Description:
  Books On Transcaucasia, Russia & Georgia
  (4). HAXTHAUSEN, Baron Von. Transcaucasia. Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Black Sea and the Caspian. With Illustrations by Graeb.London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. First edition.8 colour plates, foxed, in 'Leighton's Process', folding map,xxiii,448pp., 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine a little faded and spotted with a tiny chip on rear spine hinge. Abbey 'Travel..' 356.The plates printed by Leighton Brothers are similar to chromolithographs. For a description of the process see the entry in Abbey. The foxing on the plates has offset slightly on to the adjacent pages, otherwise a very good, crisp copy; OLIPHANT, Laurence.The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852. With a Voyage down the Volga, and a tour through the country of the Don Cossacks. Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged.Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1853.Tinted litho frontispiece, 2 maps (one folding), wood-engraved vignettes in text, (16),380pp., 16pp. adverts., 8vo., pub
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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