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Russia - OUVAROV (Alexei Serguievitch). [Research on the Antiquities of Southern Russia and the Black Sea Coast]. Izledovaniia o drevnostiach ioujenoï Rossii. St. Petersburg, State Papers Printing House, sd (1851-56). In broadside, chromolithographed title leaf (in Russian), and 40 lithographed or engraved plates, captioned in Russian and French (including 8 plans, and 14 color plates), in ff. green half cloth portfolio, smooth muted spine, title-piece to center upper board (modern binding). A good copy. This is the only atlas of Recherches sur les antiquités de la Russie méridionale et des côtes de la Mer Noire, published in Russian in 1855, of which there is a French translation by Didron (1855-1860, reprinted in 1865 and 1885). Alexei Serguievitch Ouvarov (1825-1884) developed a passion for archaeology, which eventually became his career. Founder of the Moscow Archaeological Society in 1864, he carried out numerous excavations in various regions of the Empire. Here, a campaign in the south of the country is documented: Olbia du Pont, an ancient Greek city and colony of Miletus; the Dnieper basin; Crimea. (Detailed list of plates on request.) (Brunet IV, 262-263.)

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