[SEALS]. Snimki drevnykh russkikh pechatei [Illustrations of ancient Russian Seals]. Moscow, 1880. Part 1 (all published), folio, original morocco, lacks spine. worn and loose, g.e. 126 lithograph plates, text in French and Russian. With autograph dedication from the author to A.B. Lobanov-Rostovskii with his booklabel, and the circular bookplate of Nicholas II.

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[SEALS]. Snimki drevnykh russkikh pechatei [Illustrations of ancient Russian Seals]. Moscow, 1880. Part 1 (all published), folio, original morocco, lacks spine. worn and loose, g.e. 126 lithograph plates, text in French and Russian. With autograph dedication from the author to A.B. Lobanov-Rostovskii with his booklabel, and the circular bookplate of Nicholas II.

Lot Essay

Illustrating seals of the Tsars, government officials, towns and regions and other notables, edited by Baron F. Biuler. After the death of the noted historian A.B. Lobanov-Rostovskii his whole library was bought by Nicholas II. Zaionchkovskii 192; Burtsev 1996.

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