27th Nov, 2024 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
  Lot 42
 

Todleben (Eduard Ivanovich, Lieut.-General.) Défense de Sebastopol, Atlas vols., 1863

Todleben (Eduard Ivanovich, Lieut.-General.)

Défense de Sebastopol:

Atlas, title page, list of plates, 16 maps and plans only (of 27), some folding, loose as issued in cloth-backed printed board portfolio, large portfolio [with] Atlas des planches...Armement, 8 maps and plans only (of 27 listed, complete for the section relating to 1854), loose as issued in printed card wrappers, oblong folio; St Petersburg, N. Thieblin & Co., 1863 (2)

***The war correspondent William Howard Russell published a review of the work in 1865, commenting on the ‘extraordinary number, size, and consequent costliness of the maps.’

Estimated at £200 - £300

 

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