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Auction 107, Lot 401

"Moscow", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: Russia

Period: 1836 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.2 x 13 inches
36.1 x 33 cm
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Handsome and boldly engraved plan of the city centered on the Kremlin that names all major streets and many public places and buildings and details many fortified areas. Beautiful vignette of the Church of the Assumptions, and another large view of the city from Sparrow Hill. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, engraved by B.R. Davies and published by Baldwin and Cradock.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/9/2004

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