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Russian Literature & Art
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6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1902 
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ORME, Edward (publisher). The Costume of the Russian Army, from a collection of drawings made on the spot, and now in the posession of the Earl of Kinnaird. London: printed by J. Hayes, published by Edward Orme, 1807. Folio (370 x 260 mm). Stipple-engraved portrait of Czar Alexander the Great by Godby after Jean Pichon, printed in colors and finished by hand, but cut down (sheet size: 335 x 235 mm.) and mounted, 8 hand-colored engraved plates. 20th-century light brown calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, spine gilt. Condition: dampstained throughout, portrait cut down and mounted at an early date. a rare suite with a fine portrait of alexander. The military and naval plates are apparently portraits taken from life. Colas 735ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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