SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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LOIRE, L.M.
M[archan]ds ambulants de St. Petersbourg.

A charming slim volume detailing some of the trades / traders to be found in St. Petersburg during the first half of the 19th-century. These included: Milkmaid, Cooper, Vegetables, Cakes & Bread, Poultry, Fish, Tea, Flowers, Gloves & Stockings...

Published
Paris: Lemercier for Dazario [St. Petersbourg ca. 1820-30].
References
No copy in UK; not in Hilier or Thieme-Becker; Bobins 1006.
Plates
24
Binding/Size
Xs=12mo
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: Lemercier for Dazario [St. Petersbourg ca. 1820-30].
Ref
5471

Landscape 8vo, 24 hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic. Contemporary blind-stamped black cloth, gilt-lettered direct to upper board. A RARE WORK. Coloured plates in order: 1. M[archan]d de Craquelins de Moscou. 2. M[archan]d d'Oignons. 3. M[archan]d de Volaille. 4. Laitiere. 5. M[archan]d de glee aux pois. 6. M[archan]d de Legumes. 7. Vitrier. 8. Md de Gravures de Moscou. 9. M[archan]d de Pains chauds. 10. M[archan]d de Gateaux chauds. 11. M[archan]d de Tisane chaude. 12. M[archan]d de Pain-depice de Wiasemsk. 13. Boucher. 14. M[archan]d de Melons. 15. M[archan]d de gants et bas de laine. 16. M[archan]d de Fleurs. 17. M[archan]d de Bottes et de Pantoufles de Kasan. 18. M[archan]d de Jouets d'enfans. 19. M[archan]d de boissons au miel et aux framboises. 20. Laitiere. 21. M[archan]d de Poissons. 22. M[archan]d de d'Oiseaux. 23. Tonnelier. 24. M[archan]d de Robes de chambre Tartare.