Rapport sur les eaux minérales du Caucase.
Stock Code 103088
Paris, Chamerot, 1884
Original price
$4,816.00
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Original price
$4,816.00
Original price
$4,816.00
$4,816.00
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$4,816.00
Current price
$4,816.00
A rare and interesting work on the spa towns of the Caucasus. The plates show plans for fountains, bathing houses and pumping stations of in Piatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Yessentuki and Kislovodsk, all of which were popular destinations for 19th century Russians to visit. Aristocracy, musicians and artists were drawn to these four towns due to the famous healing powers of the mineral waters.
First edition; folio (38.5 x 16 cm); 111p., 55 partly coloured lithographed plates, some double page, large geological coloured map; contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards, label and gilt tooling to spine, a fine copy.
First edition; folio (38.5 x 16 cm); 111p., 55 partly coloured lithographed plates, some double page, large geological coloured map; contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards, label and gilt tooling to spine, a fine copy.
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