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    Valuable Russian Books and Manuscripts

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    27 November 2008

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    • PIRATSKII, Konstantin. A colle
    Lot 77

    PIRATSKII, Konstantin. A collection of lithographs from Rossiiskie Voiska. [Russian Troops.] N.p.: n.p., after 1867.

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    GBP 25,000

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    GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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    PIRATSKII, Konstantin. A collection of lithographs from Rossiiskie Voiska. [Russian Troops.] N.p.: n.p., after 1867.

    49 (of 67) tinted lithographs, (570 x 490 mm), by Petrovskii, Pashennyi, Giller, Lukoin, Bir, Smirnov, Baryshev, and Konrad after Piratskii and Gubarev. (Some light spotting.) Each lithograph loose, as issued, and matted (620 x 545 mm).

    A collection of rare lithographs illustrating the new models of uniforms worn by various regiments in the reign of Alexander II, between 1859 and 1867, including divisions of various infantry regiments, the Ministry of War, the Nikolaev, Konstantinov, Aleksandrov, Orenburg and Mikhailov military academies, sapper brigades, etc. Zaionchkovskii 1690 (does not mention any text, or a title page); not in Collas, not in Lipperheide. (49)

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