Autograph letter from Russell to Beraldi RUSSELL-KILLOUGH (Henry Patrice Marie) Count Histoire et Vicissitudes de mes Grottes du Vignemale. 1895. Pau, Vignancour-Dufau, 1895. In-12 : 26 pp. Letter from Count Russell to Henri Beraldi. Modern red morocco à la Bradel, gilt title throughout on spine, gilt title on upper board, gilt fillet framing boards, publisher's pink cover preserved. A fine copy. Rare first edition, subsequently published in the Bulletin de la Société Ramond (3rd quarter 1895) (Labarère 1372).

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