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THBW. SIMPSON, TWO VOLUMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF GRAND DUKE NIKOLAI ALEKSANDROVICH
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W. SIMPSON, TWO VOLUMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF GRAND DUKE NIKOLAI ALEKSANDROVICH
PROVENANCE
From the library of Grand Duke Nikolai Aleksandrovich, the brother of Emperor Alexander III (with Grand Duke`s ex-libris on the front flyleafs and two stickers indicating the location [Case 4, shelf II, No 1]
LITERATURE
J. R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, (London, 1972), pp. 206-209
Yuriy Bakman Sobraniye starykh i redkikh russkikh knig, Vol. II, (New York, 2005), p. 82, ill. pp. 47-49
SIMPSON, William (1823-1899), illustrator. THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST. Two volumes. London: Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co, 1855-56. Large fo (575 x 390 mm). Three quarter leather and cloth binding, all edges gilt. First edition. Comprising of 81 full-page tinted lithographs, coloured and with a little varnish (including two lithographed title pages and author`s dedicating inscription to Queen Victoria). <b>Special edition</b> inclusive of several sheets with schemes and inscriptions providing the explanation of depictions.
