- Two monochr. plates sl. dampstained in blank margins. Otherwise contents very fine. Binding fine apart from the following minor imperfections: corners, joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed; 2 sm. stains on frontcover (0,5 cm. and 1 cm.) and some vague fingersoiling on both covers.
= Vol. II of a lavishly illustrated series of 4 vols. devoted to Tsarist hunting in Russia. Only the first 2 vols. were translated into French. The work is also remarkable for its striking bookdecoration, executed in colours and gold, by NICOLAY SAMOKISCH . Schwerdt I, p.292; Thiébaud p.217: "Luxueuse publication, d'une remarquable exécution typographique, qui a été faite aux frais du gouvernement russe." SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONTCOVER.