[Russia] - Set of 3 books. 1 - Tsakni, (N.) - La Russie sectaire (religious sects in Russia). Paris, Plon 1888. In 12° paperback, 279 pp. First edition. Good condition. 2 - Kovalevsky, (Vladimir de) - La Russie a la fin du 19e siècle. Paris, Paul Dupont 1900. In-8° paperback, xx, 989 pp. Numerous fold-out maps. Good condition. 3 - Fabricius, (Mikhail, Platonovitch) - The Moscow Kremlin. Sketches and paintings, then and now. Moscow, W. G. Gauthier, bookseller and Th. J. Hagen, printer 1883. In-8° blue publisher's boards, frontispiece, viii, viii, 335 pp. Numerous hors-texte engravings, complete with fold-out panorama at the end of the volume. Copy given to the officers of the French fleet, signed by the mayor of Moscow. Significant wear to boards.

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