![GAGARIN, Grigorii Grigor'evich, Prince (1811-1893). Sobranie Vizantiiskikh i Drevnerusskikh Ornamentov. [Collection of Byzantine and Old-Russia Ornaments]. St. Petersburg: Shtadler and Pattinot, 1887.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/CKS/2007_CKS_07472_0089_000(025358).jpg?w=1)
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GAGARIN, Grigorii Grigor'evich, Prince (1811-1893). Sobranie Vizantiiskikh i Drevnerusskikh Ornamentov. [Collection of Byzantine and Old-Russia Ornaments]. St. Petersburg: Shtadler and Pattinot, 1887.
2° (323 x 240mm). 50 chromolithographs, many with gold-printing. (Two plates with short repaired tears.) Publisher's original printed boards (re-backed, endpapers renewed, some soiling and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Prince Gagarin's finely illustrated comparative study of Old-Russia and Byzantine ornaments. During his long tenure as Vice President of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Gagarin was instrumental in promoting the Byzantine, or Russian Revival, Style, and built the museum of early Christian art at the Academy.
2° (323 x 240mm). 50 chromolithographs, many with gold-printing. (Two plates with short repaired tears.) Publisher's original printed boards (re-backed, endpapers renewed, some soiling and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Prince Gagarin's finely illustrated comparative study of Old-Russia and Byzantine ornaments. During his long tenure as Vice President of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Gagarin was instrumental in promoting the Byzantine, or Russian Revival, Style, and built the museum of early Christian art at the Academy.
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