Guide to paris 1805 (1 risultati)

Fine in somewhat creased original blank wrappers. Ownership inscription of Swedish nobleman Nils August Silfverschiöld (1787-1878) dated Moscow Sept. 7 / Aug. 26, 1805. A Moscou, de l'imprimerie de Platon Beketow, 1805. 8vo. 16 pp. "Avec permission du Comité de la Censure établi pour le Departement de l'Université de Moscou" (p. [2]). Guide to Paris in French with descriptions of 47 numbered sights, printed to accompany an engraved Panorama (not present here). Following a short foreword the descriptions of the sights begin after the sentence "Actuellement consultons la gravure". Platon Petrowitsch Beketow (1761-1836) was active both as a publisher and an engraver, and opened his Moscow printing office in 1801.…