Beschreibung:

Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by upwards of Seventy Richly coloured engravings, Printed T.Bensley for John Stockdale, 1811, additional decorative half title, title repeated in French, dedication and index, seventy-two engravings with contemporary hand colouring, some prints with marginal staining and dust soiling, contemporary blind stamped calf, upper board detached, lacking spine, rubbed and worn, large 4to, together with Dodgson (Campbell), Old French colour-prints, published Halton and Truscott Smith Ltd, 1924, additional half title, numerous tipped-in colour and black & white prints, limited edition 765/1250, top edge gilt, publisher's quarter vellum gilt, upper board with slight spotting, 4to, with Buffon (Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte De), Buffon's Natural History Abridged, volume 2 (only), 1821, engraved title, numerous uncoloured engraved plates, contemporary diced calf, upper board near detached, lacking spine, rubbed, faded and worn, 8vo, with others similar (1 carton)