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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Russia - Fagnani, Federico

Written letters of Petersburg running the years 1810 and 1811, 1815

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 256

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Milan, Giovanni Bernardoni, 1815. In 8th. 2 vols. With 1 topographic map of St. Petersburg folded and 8 numbered plates engraved in copper, most of the booklets in beards, tear at the edge of the title page, some slightly loose files, rare blooms and small spots, editorial paperback in blue paper with title framed by geometric frame in the center of the front plate and on the back, some spots and slight defects.



Specialist Notes

Second edition of the work, with the addition of 16 letters compared to the first edition, by Count Federigo Fagnani, Councilor of State and Chamberlain of the Majesty of the King of Italy. A lively fresco of the young capital and the Russian society of the time.