![FREIMAN, Otto Rudol'fovich von. Pazhi za 185 let (1811-1896). Biografii s portretami. St. Petersburg: Fridrikhsgamn for the author, 1897 [but 1898]. 4° (284 x 210mm). Tinted lithographed title, two frontispieces, illustrated throughout. (Some spotting, a few tears.) Original dark blue half roan, red cloth sides, upper side stamped in gilt, spine stamped in blind and gilt, white moiré-style endpapers (corners rubbed, spine evenly faded, light soiling). Provenance: an early reader (signature dated 1934, some marginalia, two clippings tipped-in on blanks).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0363_000(freiman_otto_rudolfovich_von_pazhi_za_185_let_biografii_s_portretami_s044735).jpg?w=1)
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FREIMAN, Otto Rudol'fovich von. Pazhi za 185 let (1811-1896). Biografii s portretami. St. Petersburg: Fridrikhsgamn for the author, 1897 [but 1898]. 4° (284 x 210mm). Tinted lithographed title, two frontispieces, illustrated throughout. (Some spotting, a few tears.) Original dark blue half roan, red cloth sides, upper side stamped in gilt, spine stamped in blind and gilt, white moiré-style endpapers (corners rubbed, spine evenly faded, light soiling). Provenance: an early reader (signature dated 1934, some marginalia, two clippings tipped-in on blanks).
FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING. One of the most useful books still on the Corps des Pages, the elite military school for the sons of noblemen and high-ranking officers.
FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING. One of the most useful books still on the Corps des Pages, the elite military school for the sons of noblemen and high-ranking officers.