Nicolas BENOIS, Alexandre RESANOFF and Alexandre KRAKAU, Monographie de la cathédrale d'Orvieto par [...] pensionnaires de l'Académie impériale des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Pétersbourg, Paris, Morel, 1877. 1 vol. in-folio: 14 p., 1 f. de table, 30 pl. dont 11 en chromolithographie. Original albumen photographic print added as frontispiece. Bound in contemporary red half-maroquin with gilt title. Perfect condition The text is signed by Félix Faure, who later worked on the Franco-Russian alliance. Engravings by Paul Bur, J. de Garron, Büry père, Félix Penel, Ch. Bur. The chromolithographs are signed Regamey or Léveil.interesting monograph illustrated with beautiful chromolithographs.

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