![LUZHIN, Ivan Dmitrievich, Major-General (1804-1868) -- Otchet Moskovskago Ober-Politseimeistera za 1846 god. [Report of the Moscow Chief of Police for 1846.] Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1847.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_06769_0072_001(luzhin_ivan_dmitrievich_major-general_--_otchet_moskovskago_ober-polit_d5623129045131).jpg?w=1)
![LUZHIN, Ivan Dmitrievich, Major-General (1804-1868) -- Otchet Moskovskago Ober-Politseimeistera za 1846 god. [Report of the Moscow Chief of Police for 1846.] Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1847.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_06769_0072_000(luzhin_ivan_dmitrievich_major-general_--_otchet_moskovskago_ober-polit_d5623129053257).jpg?w=1)
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LUZHIN, Ivan Dmitrievich, Major-General (1804-1868) -- Otchet Moskovskago Ober-Politseimeistera za 1846 god. [Report of the Moscow Chief of Police for 1846.] Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1847.
4° (290 x 210mm). (Two leaves soiled, a few leaves with some marginal browning.) Contemporary dark green morocco by C. Bruhn of Moscow, with his ticket, sides with a blind-tooled border incorporating birds, flowers and an urn, upper side titled in gilt, white moiré-style endpapers, edges gilt (upper side unevenly darkened, spine gilding perished, endpapers discoloured). Provenance: Maximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852; bookplate, spine label).
FIRST EDITION. THE LEUCHTENBERG COPY, IN A FINE MOROCCO BINDING by Bruhn with an unusual rocaille design on the covers. Luzhin's report includes details of fires, sudden deaths, violent deaths, and extensive statistical tables, including a very detailed account of Moscow's various workshops and factories, and their assessed wealth. Maximilian Leuchtenberg married Nicholas I's eldest daughter, Mariia Nikolaevna. RARE: no copies on WorldCat or Copac.
4° (290 x 210mm). (Two leaves soiled, a few leaves with some marginal browning.) Contemporary dark green morocco by C. Bruhn of Moscow, with his ticket, sides with a blind-tooled border incorporating birds, flowers and an urn, upper side titled in gilt, white moiré-style endpapers, edges gilt (upper side unevenly darkened, spine gilding perished, endpapers discoloured). Provenance: Maximilian, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852; bookplate, spine label).
FIRST EDITION. THE LEUCHTENBERG COPY, IN A FINE MOROCCO BINDING by Bruhn with an unusual rocaille design on the covers. Luzhin's report includes details of fires, sudden deaths, violent deaths, and extensive statistical tables, including a very detailed account of Moscow's various workshops and factories, and their assessed wealth. Maximilian Leuchtenberg married Nicholas I's eldest daughter, Mariia Nikolaevna. RARE: no copies on WorldCat or Copac.
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