![STASOV, Vladimir Vasilevich (1824-1906). Histoire du livre Les Emaux Byzantins [Istoriia Knigi Vizantiskiia Emali A.V. Zvenigorodskago.] St. Petersburg: [s.n.], 1898.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12141_0144_000(stasov_vladimir_vasilevich_histoire_du_livre_les_emaux_byzantins_istor095921).jpg?w=1)
![STASOV, Vladimir Vasilevich (1824-1906). Histoire du livre Les Emaux Byzantins [Istoriia Knigi Vizantiskiia Emali A.V. Zvenigorodskago.] St. Petersburg: [s.n.], 1898.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12141_0144_001(stasov_vladimir_vasilevich_histoire_du_livre_les_emaux_byzantins_istor095921).jpg?w=1)
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STASOV, Vladimir Vasilevich (1824-1906). Histoire du livre Les Emaux Byzantins [Istoriia Knigi Vizantiskiia Emali A.V. Zvenigorodskago.] St. Petersburg: [s.n.], 1898.
First edition one of the most beautiful Russian books of the 19th century.
4to (304 x 205mm). Lithographed title printed in red and gold and 6 plates, 2 of these chromolithographs, all with the original printed tissue guards. Original white pictorial cloth, spine and sides blocked richly in gilt and black, edges gilt and decorated in red, original blue and gilt endpapers.
One of 100 copies of the French-language edition, this one not numbered. This rare and finely produced publication is a magisterial study of Zvenigorodskoi's spectacular collection of Byzantine enamels.
First edition one of the most beautiful Russian books of the 19th century.
4to (304 x 205mm). Lithographed title printed in red and gold and 6 plates, 2 of these chromolithographs, all with the original printed tissue guards. Original white pictorial cloth, spine and sides blocked richly in gilt and black, edges gilt and decorated in red, original blue and gilt endpapers.
One of 100 copies of the French-language edition, this one not numbered. This rare and finely produced publication is a magisterial study of Zvenigorodskoi's spectacular collection of Byzantine enamels.
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