IMPERIAL RUSSIA - TWO engraved banknotes of 500 RUBLES in the type of 1912. large bills 121 x 258 mm, allegorical seated woman holding scepter and ornaments. PIERRE 1er in center in a medallion. the 2 banknotes signed SHIPOV as Director of the Treasury and variant signatures for the Governor of the Bank - SUP and TTB

DUCOR (Henri): Aventures d'un Marin de la Garde Impériale, prisonnier de guerre sur les pontons espagnols, dans l'île de Cabréra, et en Russie, pour faire suite à l'histoire de la campagne de 1812. Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1833. Two volumes. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. (8)-frontispiece-421; (4)-frontispiece-430-4-(1) pages. Veronese green half calf, smooth spine decorated. Paper on boards worn, a small defect on a headpiece, small crack on a spine (not serious). Some foxing in the text. Picturesque account of a sailor who spent most of his career as a prisoner of war. Tulard, 455. An engraving has been added to the flyleaf of both volumes. A rare Napoleonic military account...