MBA004: Lot 16. DRU, Leon.

Perfect copy, decoratively bound, of this deep study on a multi-century project, begun under Peter the Great and completed in 1952 thanks to convicts used on the site. Published by the ‘Société civile franco-russe d’études du canal du Don au Volga’.

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Folio (33.7 x 26 cm).Helio-engraved frontispiece, [4] ll., 162 pp. with illustrations in text, 7 plates including 4 maps engraved by Erhard (3 folding). Contemporary dark green morocco-backed marbled boards, spine with raised bands gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to one, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmark.

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