India - SOLTYKOFF (Prince Alexis). Travels in India. - Lot 170

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India - SOLTYKOFF (Prince Alexis). Travels in India. - Lot 170
India - SOLTYKOFF (Prince Alexis). Travels in India. Paris, Garnier Frères, sd. 2 volumes in one large in-8 volume, black percaline with rich gold and polychrome decoration, first plate decorated with a large character (Maharadja) in ceremonial dress inserted in a cartouche with a gilt background, the whole set in frames with rich geometrical and floral gilt decorations on polychrome backgrounds, the second plate is decorated with a musician playing the sitar under a dome. The spine is damask in gold (publisher's binding). Rare second edition of this account of the second trip of Prince Alexis Soltykoff, the most successful and the most sought after. It will earn him on his return the nickname of "the Indian". The work is illustrated with 36 monochrome compositions out of text. Some scattered foxing. A very nice copy of one of the most beautiful and rare romantics.
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