Russia
JONGH, F. and E. de and P. CAMENA d'ALMEIDA.
L'Armee Russe.
Edouard Crete and Lemercier for V. Lavallee, Paris, [ca. 1896]. Folio (40.5 x 31 cm). Half-title, title, helio-engraved portrait frontispiece, dedication, 152 pp. with many photographic illustrations, 8 colour plates; light spotting and offsetting. Contemporary brown cloth, flat spine lettered in gilt; slightly rubbed at extremities. Provenance: Mark Dineley (booklabel to upper pastedown)
Fresh copy of this celebrated work, illustrating extensively the Russian army at the end of the 19th. century: its uniforms, its exercises, its officers. Dedicated to Nicholas II, with an engraved portrait of the Tsar.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1090
Stock Number: 73444