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Title The History of the War against Russia Illustrated. |
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Published, Date Virtue, London,[ca. 1857]. |
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Description 2 volumes in 8 original parts 4to. (26.5 x 18 cm). 2 [advertisement], viii, 812; viii, 772 pp., 2 additional engraved titles, 72 engraved plates with tissue guards and maps, some folding, numerous original ads leaves; occasionnal spotting, heavier on tissue guards and some plates. Bound as issued, uncut in original red blind stamped cloth by James S. Virtue, gilt pictorial vignettes to upper covers, flat spines lettered and decorated in gilt; very lightly rubbed and soiled, plates bound as issued at beginning of volumes, general titles and tables of contents bound at end of vol. 8. |
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Note Fine, attractive set in original parts of this comprehensive history of the Crimean War, richly illustrated with engraved maps, plans, portraits, views and scenes, covering the history of the Russian and the Ottoman empires as well as the Baltic and the Caucasian fronts of the war. |
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Stock Number 82117 |
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