Ivan Nikolaïevitch BOJERIANOV (1852-1919) The Russian People - Lot 174

Ivan Nikolaïevitch BOJERIANOV (1852-1919) The Russian People's War against Napoleon of 1812 Published by the Society for Helping Homeless Children, St. Petersburg, 1910. Large folio, [4], IV, 132 pages with ill. etc., 12 plates of ill. out of text. In publisher's illustrated binding. Very fine edition containing reproductions of paintings, engravings, facsimiles of period documents (oukazes, letters), in all 182 illustrations in the text, and 15 out-of-text. Drawings and ornamentation by L.E. Dmitriev-Kavkazski, using the zincography technique. Binding and spine damaged, some pages detached, title page with tears. Bibliographical reference: Bibliochronique Ici sous notre ciel , first publication: La Guerre patriotique de 1812, no. 87.