![NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH, Grand Duke (ed.). Russkie Portrety XVIII i XIX stoletii. [Russian Portraits of the 18th and 19th century.] St Petersburg: Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1905-1909.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CKS/2010_CKS_07906_0322_000(nikolai_mikhailovich_grand_duke_russkie_portrety_xviii_i_xix_stoletii054134).jpg?w=1)
21 parts in 6 vols., 4° (355 x 275mm). 500 plates, most of these on china paper. Each part loose as issued in the original printed paper wrappers (a few chips and tears some of which repaired; vol. 6 front wrapper detached, a few chips some of which repaired); the parts gathered four per volume in the original cloth portfolios, upper sides blocked in black, red and gilt, volume 6 as issued in the original wrappers (light wear, 2 vols. with chips and tears at the spine, one of these vols. with repairs).
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NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH, Grand Duke (ed.). Russkie Portrety XVIII i XIX stoletii. [Russian Portraits of the 18th and 19th century.] St Petersburg: Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1905-1909.
21 parts in 6 vols., 4° (355 x 275mm). 500 plates, most of these on china paper. Each part loose as issued in the original printed paper wrappers (a few chips and tears some of which repaired; vol. 6 front wrapper detached, a few chips some of which repaired); the parts gathered four per volume in the original cloth portfolios, upper sides blocked in black, red and gilt, volume 6 as issued in the original wrappers (light wear, 2 vols. with chips and tears at the spine, one of these vols. with repairs).
FIRST EDITION. A COMPLETE SET IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND ORIGINAL PORTFOLIOS -- a rare survival in this original state of one of the landmarks of Russian printing. 'A complete set of volumes has always been considered a great bibliographic rarity' (Vengerov). Only 150 copies of the last volume of portraits were published. Vengerov, Staraia Russkaia Kniga, 85. (6)
21 parts in 6 vols., 4° (355 x 275mm). 500 plates, most of these on china paper. Each part loose as issued in the original printed paper wrappers (a few chips and tears some of which repaired; vol. 6 front wrapper detached, a few chips some of which repaired); the parts gathered four per volume in the original cloth portfolios, upper sides blocked in black, red and gilt, volume 6 as issued in the original wrappers (light wear, 2 vols. with chips and tears at the spine, one of these vols. with repairs).
FIRST EDITION. A COMPLETE SET IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND ORIGINAL PORTFOLIOS -- a rare survival in this original state of one of the landmarks of Russian printing. 'A complete set of volumes has always been considered a great bibliographic rarity' (Vengerov). Only 150 copies of the last volume of portraits were published. Vengerov, Staraia Russkaia Kniga, 85. (6)
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