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BOGDANOVICH, E.V. Sinop. 18 Noiabria 1853 goda. St. Petersburg: by V. Kirshbaum, 1878. 8° (218 x 140mm). 6 plates, one of these an albumen print and the others colour and tinted lithographs. (Some spotting.) 19th-century Russian quarter roan, title mounted on the upper side perhaps part of the original wrapper (spine chipped and faded, later label on the spine, extremities rubbed). Provenance: E.V. Bogdanovich (presentation inscription to:) -- Grigorii Aleksandrovich Kovalevskii (1842-1882) -- Z.G. Kovalevskii (inscription) -- 'L.H.S.' (stamped cipher).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to General Grigorii Aleksandrovich Kovalevskii, Commander of the Life-Guards Dragoons regiment, and a very highly regarded soldier who distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Published to commemorate the 25 years since Russia's decisive victory against the Ottoman Empire in the naval battle at Sinop, the battle which led to Great Britain's joining the Crimean War against Russian in 1854.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to General Grigorii Aleksandrovich Kovalevskii, Commander of the Life-Guards Dragoons regiment, and a very highly regarded soldier who distinguished himself in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Published to commemorate the 25 years since Russia's decisive victory against the Ottoman Empire in the naval battle at Sinop, the battle which led to Great Britain's joining the Crimean War against Russian in 1854.