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MORNAY, artist. A Picture of Saint Petersburgh. An Historical and Descriptive Account, London, 1815 [some plates watermarked l820, some guards watermarked l829]. Folio, 420 x 325 mm. (16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in)., contemporary half straight-grained red morocco gilt, marbled paper boards, upper board with publisher's printed label, gilt-lettered spine, worn and soiled, scattered spotting, offsetting from plates onto versos or paper guards, minor finger-soiling,

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MORNAY, artist. A Picture of Saint Petersburgh. An Historical and Descriptive Account, London, 1815 [some plates watermarked l820, some guards watermarked l829]. Folio, 420 x 325 mm. (16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in)., contemporary half straight-grained red morocco gilt, marbled paper boards, upper board with publisher's printed label, gilt-lettered spine, worn and soiled, scattered spotting, offsetting from plates onto versos or paper guards, minor finger-soiling,
engraved title-page with large double-headed eagle device, letterpress title, 20 hand-colored aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Mornay. Abbey Travel 226 (with different label on front board).