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SMIRNOV, Iakov Ivanovich (editor). Vostochnoe serebro [Eastern Silver; Atlas of ancient silver and gold Wares of eastern Origin found in the confines of the Russian Empire. Published by the Imperial Archaeological Commission on its fiftieth anniversary]. St. Petersburg, 1909. 2 (418 x 302mm). 130 plates and printed index leaf, 18 pages of text including double-page map in original wrappers. Original cloth-backed board portfolio (slightly soiled, one tie defective). Provenance: Miss E. Elkins (presentation inscription from Leo Bernstein, New York, 1935 on title).
With 331 illustrations of antiquities, including Sasanian silver, from the Caucasus, central Russia, central Asia, Siberia, India and the Far East, mainly in Russian collections, but including some from abroad.
With 331 illustrations of antiquities, including Sasanian silver, from the Caucasus, central Russia, central Asia, Siberia, India and the Far East, mainly in Russian collections, but including some from abroad.