Lot 42: GEISSLER, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844). Représentation des uniformes de l'Armée

Name: GEISSLER, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844). Représentation des uniformes de l'Armée
Brand: Christie's
SKU: fu0wf9jo6l

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 30, 2006

Item Overview

Description

GEISSLER, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844). Représentation des uniformes de l'Armée Impériale de la Russie. St. Petersburg: 1793.

4° (246 x 200mm). Engraved title and 88 plates, ALL BEFORE LETTERS AND WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING, HEIGHTENED IN GOLD, manuscript captions and foliation. Letterpress title and plate-list from the 8vo edition loosely inserted, 11 pages, on blue paper (last 2 leaves detached). Contemporary green russia, pink leather on-lay on front cover lettered and bordered in gilt, red edges (slight rubbing at extremities). Provenance: E. Guidée (bookplate dated 1926) -- Alexandre Sementchenkoff (bookplate; sale Christie's, 22 October 1987, lot 534).

DE-LUXE, LARGE-PAPER COPY. Geissler produced this fine series of plates illustrating Russian military costume during an extended stay in St. Petersburg from 1790-98. Colas 1206; Zaionchkovskii 1675; Obol'ianinov 1070.

Artist or Maker

Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler

Notes

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Auction Details

Valuable Russian Books and Manuscripts

Christie's

November 30, 2006, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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