Russia
[CRIMEAN WAR] -
The Officers' Portfolio of the Striking Reminiscences of the War, From Drawings, Photographs, and Notes, Taken On the Spot, Made Into Complete Pictures by Eminent Artists.
Dickinson, London, [ca.1856]. Large folio (55 x 38 cm approx). Printed title-page, 23 lithograph plates (1 folding) after M. & N. Hanhart; a little foxing. Contemporary green half morocco gilt by Riviere, lettered in gilt on upper cover, all edges gilt; slightly rubbed at extremities.
Fine copy of this very rare work illustrating the Crimean War in tinted lithographs: we could not trace any copy in Europe, including the British Library, and only two in WorldCat, both in the USA (New Hampshire and Rhode Island).
Price: £ 3000
US Dollar Price: $ 4350
Stock Number: 76193