4 June 2014 Russian Art Auctions

4 June 2014

Artist Index / Full Catalogue

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259. AN ALBUM “ZA VERU, TSARYA I OTECHESTVO. OTECHESTVENNAYA VOINA 1812 G. V KARTINAKH”, PARIS, I.S. LAPIN, 1912.

2,000-3,000 GBP

51 colour and five black and white rotogravure prints, each with a vellum cover with printed text, accompanied by a 42-page introduction booklet and a six page bound insert with title list and maps of the battles and troop movements during the 1812 Patriotic War.

The album is presented in a hard, calico-bound folder, with a gold embossed front cover, and bearing on the inside cover a rotogravure portrait of Alexander I and four entry tickets to the exhibition celebrating the centenary of the victory over Napoleon.

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