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Lot 96: TIMM, Vasilii Feodorovich (1820-1895). Russkii khudozhestvennyi listok . [The Russian Art Periodical.] St. Petersburg: 1856.

Est: £700 GBP - £1,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2008

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TIMM, Vasilii Feodorovich (1820-1895). Russkii khudozhestvennyi listok. [The Russian Art Periodical.] St. Petersburg: 1856.

Oblong 2° (350 x 530mm). 36 tinted lithographs by A. Miunster after Timm, Briullov, Gross, Koradina, Grimm, Filippov, and others. (Bound without title, occasional light soiling and a few short tears in the margins, some of these repaired, the portrait of Alexander II trimmed in the margins and repaired along the edges, dampstain touching the image in a very few plates.) Contemporary half roan, red label lettered in gilt on upper cover (spine chipped, extremities worn). Provenance: 19th-century owner (signature on front endpaper).

This issue of Timm's famous annual, published between 1851 and 1862, includes primarily scenes relating to the Crimean War and the coronation of Alexander II.

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Auction Details

Valuable Russian Books and Manuscripts

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Christie's
November 27, 2008, 11:00 AM WET

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