Tapisseries de l'Asie centrale faisant partie de la collection reunie par A. Bogolubow / Kovrovyia izdieliia Srednei Azii iz sobraniia sostavlennogo A.A. Bogoliubovym
St. Petersbourg (Russia): Manufacture Des Papiers de L'Etat, 1908. Hardcover. Exquisite color-printed faux multi-panel cloth sewn bookcover hard boards. Two Fascicules. 43 plates, of which 36 are stunning chromolithographs. two double-page color maps, two sets of text and contents. VG, minor dampstaining see the pictures. Unique printed cloth covers are in VG condition with the exception of some splitting to the hinge on the right--hand cover. Item #169105
The sheets measures 27" x 20.25" and the first fascicule has 24 color lithographed plates, two sets of text (one French, one Russian) and the two folding maps. The wrapping paper for this fascicule has the name H.F. Bowker blindstamped into in at two locations. The second fascicule contains 19 plates only, including 11 color and 8 in two-tone. All plates are numbered in a corner in Roman numerals. An extraordinarily rare set The French set of text is xxii (4) pp. while the Russian text is xxii (2) pp. and the text sheets are two different sizes for each language, with the smaller sheets making up the early pages and the larger sheets making up the final pages. The larger sheets measure 20" x 13.5" Shipping weight will be 25 pounds in a custom container, as this is an extremely large publication. A pioneering works on Central Asian carpets.
OCLC: 11268539
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