[HUNTING]. KUTEPOV, N. Tsarskaia okhota na Rusi [The Imperial Hunt in Russia]. St. Petersburg, 1896-1911. 4 vols., folio, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, extremities scuffed, g.e. Numerous plates and illustrations, some color, after A. Benois, Lancere, Lebedev, L. Pasternak, I. Repin, Riabushkin, Serov, Surikov, Vasnetsov and others. Vols.1-2 second edition. (4)

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[HUNTING]. KUTEPOV, N. Tsarskaia okhota na Rusi [The Imperial Hunt in Russia]. St. Petersburg, 1896-1911. 4 vols., folio, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, extremities scuffed, g.e. Numerous plates and illustrations, some color, after A. Benois, Lancere, Lebedev, L. Pasternak, I. Repin, Riabushkin, Serov, Surikov, Vasnetsov and others. Vols.1-2 second edition. (4)

Lot Essay

The rare complete set covering the history of the Imperial hunt in Russia from the tenth to the nineteenth century. The first two volumes were originally printed in limited editions. Schwerdt I-291-292 for vols.1-3 only; see Burtsev 156.

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