[Album of all the best views of Crimea].
Yu. Berndt, Leypsig, for E. Berndt, Odessa, [1880s].
A lovely album showcasing several beautiful views of Crimea's south coast, engraved after photographs. The album enjoyed great success on publication in 1868 and became something of an advertisement for the region, whose tourist industry was beginning to develop at rapid pace. The scenes depicted include Crimean landmarks such as the castles at Alupka and Livadia, Yalta Bay, Ayu-Dag, Gurzuf and the Koktebel Mountains, as well as views of the palaces that sprang up along the coast after the re-discovery of Crimea as a resort.
Landscape 8vo. (17 x 24 cm). Title and 26 steel-engraved plates with captions in German and Russian, printed on India paper laid down on publisher's cards, tissues guards; very light marginal foxing. Publisher's dark green grained morocco, gilt lettering and ornament to covers, flat spine, all edges gilt, white moire endpapers; some brown discolouration, rubbed at edges.
Landscape 8vo. (17 x 24 cm). Title and 26 steel-engraved plates with captions in German and Russian, printed on India paper laid down on publisher's cards, tissues guards; very light marginal foxing. Publisher's dark green grained morocco, gilt lettering and ornament to covers, flat spine, all edges gilt, white moire endpapers; some brown discolouration, rubbed at edges.
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