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89624Mailand Milan am 8. Juli 1852. . Pencil drawing captioned in Russian and French below 15.5 x 16 cm. 6 1/8 x 6 1/4 in some spotting in contemporary mount.<br /> Fine detailed pencil drawing of a mounted officer from the Caucasus Line Cossack Host. Apparently drawn in Milan it is strongly reminiscent of the military plates published in Vienna by Matthäus Trentsenskiy or the costume drawings of François Hippolyte Lalaisse. The Caucasus Linear Cossack Army was established in 1832 in the Northern Caucasus. Along with the Black Sea Cossack army it defended the Caucasus fortified line from the mouth of the Terek River to the mouth of the Kuban. y 1860 following the end of the Caucasus War it had divided into the Kuban and Terek troops.<br /> Mailand [Milan], am 8. Juli 1852. unknown
88913J. Langlumé Paris ca.1815 . Engraved broadsheet 48 x 64 cm; rubbed some small holes repaired with losses closed marginal tears.<br /> A rare and interesting tabletop game played with dice where the aim is to get to the Cossack camp on the Champs-Élysées. The text in the middle explains the rules of the games and the consequences of landing on certain numbers. The illustrations include cossacks from the Don Siberia the Black Sea as well as Tatar Kalmuk and Bashkir tribesmen.<br /> J. Langlumé, Paris, [ca.1815] unknown
1820ZB1313344London: R. Ackermann 1820. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 52 text pp. 12 plates publisher's contemporary 8 page catalogue tipped in at the back; original boards & leather backstrip covers very worn hand stamp to the verso of the title page and the bottom margin of the last page of text light to moderate foxing else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: R. Ackermann hardcover
