$7,200
[ ]. By N. Kondakov and Count I. Tolstoy. 6 Volumes. Published in St. Petersburg. Original printed covers with Bobrinsky's signature and date of 1889 on the first volume, and Bobrinsky's French bookplate in Volumes 1, 2, and 6 (other bookplates missing). Bobrinsky's extensive handwritten commentary on many pages. Each volume profusely illusrated in the text with photographs and drawings, approximately 300 x 220 mm and 150 pages each. Good condition. Count Aleksey Alexandrovich Bobrinsky (1852-1927) was an accomplished archaeologist, Chairman of the Imperial Archaeological Commission, Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and Chairman of the Free Economic Society. Bobrinsky emigrated from Russia in 1919 and died in Nice, France in 1927.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2012-09-29
