Russia
[CRIMEAN WAR] - STEPANOV, N[ikolay] A[leksandrovich].
Karikatury [Caricatures].
A. Beggrov, St. Petersburg, 1855. Landscape folio (ca. 30.5 x 43.5 cm). 30 lithograph plates by V. Romanov and P. Mech after Stepanov, signed in the image, each with a commentary or dialog in Russian. Modern marbled boards, original lithographed upper wrapper bound in, spine with label lettered in gilt; wrapper with marginal tears and laid down.
FINE COLLECTION OF RARE CARICATURES, charging Stepanov's preferred figures: Napoleon, Napoleon III, Palmerston and Napier. "The French. - Why did you name your bulldog Sebastopol? - Try to take him, and you will know..." For further caricatures by Stepanov, please see items XX and XXX.
Price: £ 2850
US Dollar Price: $ 5660
Stock Number: 72872