LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow . London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate).
LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow . London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. With fine hand-coloured aquatint views of the Kremlin by Edward Finden after Lavrov, including a folding panorama from the river. Lyall lived in Russia, practising as a young doctor after graduating in medicine at Edinburgh. The varied subject matter includes a catalogue of plants and edible mushrooms found near Moscow, as well as an essay on the progress of Russian architecture. Abbey, Travel 227.
LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow . London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate).
LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow . London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance : a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. With fine hand-coloured aquatint views of the Kremlin by Edward Finden after Lavrov, including a folding panorama from the river. Lyall lived in Russia, practising as a young doctor after graduating in medicine at Edinburgh. The varied subject matter includes a catalogue of plants and edible mushrooms found near Moscow, as well as an essay on the progress of Russian architecture. Abbey, Travel 227.
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