ouvrage illustré de deux cent-soixante-cinq gravures d'après les clichés de l'auteur et contenant une carte en couleurs.
Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1902
DRAFT Deluxe edition of one of the best illustrated works on Turkestan. Rare in such fresh condition.
A talented photographer, Krafft recorded everything he saw on the way: the vibrant markets of Bukhara, the ancient monuments of Samarkand and the beautiful fabric of traditional costumes On his return to Paris, Krafft produced an account of the journey lavishly illustrated with 70 high-quality photogravures and 195 heliogravures in phototype, showing the peoples, traditions, festivals, towns, mosques, madrassas, mountains and valleys of these regions.
No expense was spared in the publication of this work. The photogravures were printed on heavy, high-quality vellum-paper, each protected with a tissue-guard bearing an explanatory caption; the text and the heliogravures were printed on glossy paper with wide margins and the additional watermarks 'H. Krafft' and 'Le Turkestan Russe'. A number of copies, including this one, were reserved for the Krafft's close circle and the European aristocracy, including Tsar Nicholas II. These were signed by the author and bound in luxurious and highly decorative full calf gilt bindings.
First edition, large 4to. (34.4 x 26.3 cm). Half-title with author's presentation inscription to 'monsieur Bernard' to verso, title, [2], VII, 228, [4] pp., with 70 heliogravure plates including frontispiece, all with original protective tissues with printed captions, a large coloured folding map, 195 heliogravures in text; small marginal clean tear to pp. 189 - 190 and one plate not affecting image; original red calf with green polished leather panels laid in (front and back), decoratively blind and gilt tooled with three cartouches on each cover, red calf spine, with large yellow calf label and gilt-tooled decorative elements, original red silk ribbon present, decorative endpapers, parchment leaves with decorative gilt cartouches at beginning and end; slightly sunned.
A talented photographer, Krafft recorded everything he saw on the way: the vibrant markets of Bukhara, the ancient monuments of Samarkand and the beautiful fabric of traditional costumes On his return to Paris, Krafft produced an account of the journey lavishly illustrated with 70 high-quality photogravures and 195 heliogravures in phototype, showing the peoples, traditions, festivals, towns, mosques, madrassas, mountains and valleys of these regions.
No expense was spared in the publication of this work. The photogravures were printed on heavy, high-quality vellum-paper, each protected with a tissue-guard bearing an explanatory caption; the text and the heliogravures were printed on glossy paper with wide margins and the additional watermarks 'H. Krafft' and 'Le Turkestan Russe'. A number of copies, including this one, were reserved for the Krafft's close circle and the European aristocracy, including Tsar Nicholas II. These were signed by the author and bound in luxurious and highly decorative full calf gilt bindings.
First edition, large 4to. (34.4 x 26.3 cm). Half-title with author's presentation inscription to 'monsieur Bernard' to verso, title, [2], VII, 228, [4] pp., with 70 heliogravure plates including frontispiece, all with original protective tissues with printed captions, a large coloured folding map, 195 heliogravures in text; small marginal clean tear to pp. 189 - 190 and one plate not affecting image; original red calf with green polished leather panels laid in (front and back), decoratively blind and gilt tooled with three cartouches on each cover, red calf spine, with large yellow calf label and gilt-tooled decorative elements, original red silk ribbon present, decorative endpapers, parchment leaves with decorative gilt cartouches at beginning and end; slightly sunned.
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