[HUNTING]. KARTSOV, G. Belovezhskaia pushcha [The Forest of Bialowieza; an historical Study, contemporary Hunting and the Imperial Hunt in the Forest]. St. Petersburg, 1903. Folio, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn. Plates and illustrations, some color, by M.A. Zichy and N.S. Samokish -- Karta belovezhskoi pushchi [Map of the Forest of Bialowieza and its Lodges in Grodno Province]. St. Petersburg, 1910. Hand-colored map, 67 x 74cm. folding to small 4to, contemporary morocco folder, scuffed, silk doublures. With manuscrpt label of the classrooms of the younger princesses in the music rooms at Aleksandrov Palace. (2)

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[HUNTING]. KARTSOV, G. Belovezhskaia pushcha [The Forest of Bialowieza; an historical Study, contemporary Hunting and the Imperial Hunt in the Forest]. St. Petersburg, 1903. Folio, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn. Plates and illustrations, some color, by M.A. Zichy and N.S. Samokish -- Karta belovezhskoi pushchi [Map of the Forest of Bialowieza and its Lodges in Grodno Province]. St. Petersburg, 1910. Hand-colored map, 67 x 74cm. folding to small 4to, contemporary morocco folder, scuffed, silk doublures. With manuscrpt label of the classrooms of the younger princesses in the music rooms at Aleksandrov Palace. (2)

Lot Essay

The first work is an well-illustrated account of the Imperial Hunt at Bialowieza where the kings of Poland and Lithuania and later the Russian tsars hunted. The map with its poignant association shows the favorite retreat of the last tsar and his family. Neither is mentioned by Schwerdt.

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