SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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THIEME, Ferdinand (art).
Vospominanie o Moskve. Souvenirs de Moscou.

Published
Moscow: Bachman, 1856.
Plates
6
Binding/Size
XL=elephant folio
Value
0-5000
Published
Moscow: Bachman, 1856.
Ref
5723

Oblong folio, six oval lithographed plates signed by Thieme, hand-coloured and heightened with gum arabic, with wide gilt borders, and captioned in Russian and French. Loose as issued in printed wrappers, preserved in a modern green morocco-backed box, retaining the bilingual title on the front cover. Coloured plates in order: 1. Country around Moscow, including Novodevichy Monastery and Kremlin in background. 2. Walls of Kitay-Gorod, the cathedrals of St. Basil and Christ-Saviour, and the Kremlin. 3. View of the Kremlin from the Kremlin bridge. 4. Red Square, the cathedral in the background. 5. Kremlin and Gardens / Aleksandrovsky garden and the cathedral of St. Saviour behind. 6. The Theatre (Bolshoi Theatre).