Rare series of lithographs by Gagarin c. 1850

Item Number:  30816  new Authenticity Guarantee

Category:  Antique maps > Asia > Central Asia

8 rare lithographs after the drawings by Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin (1810-1893).
Some of these lithographs were made by Gagarin himself, others by Asselinaeu, C. Schultz, Bachmann and A. Springer. 

Title: Costumes du Caucase

Prince Mingrélien (Bachmann)
Prince Géorgien en costume de guerre (Asselineau)
Escadron Lesghin de la Garde impériale à St. Petersbourg (A. Springer)
Femme du Chamkhal de Takou (Gagarin)
Dame Georgienne (Bachmann)
Le Patriarche d'Etchmeadzine (C. Schultz)
Naïb ou Général de l'armée de Schamil (Gagarin)
Officier de l'Escadron Tcherkesse de la Garde Impériale à St. Petersbourg (C. Schultz)

Publisher: A. Hauser, Boulevard des Italiens 11, Paris. 
Printer: Lemercier, Rue de Seine 57, Paris. 
Date: c. 1850.

Lithographs, printed on paper, hand coloured, heightened with gum Arabic.
Image size (without the text): 340 x 240mm (13.38 x 9.45 inches)
Sheet size: 550 x 380mm (21.66 x 14.96 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent, some slightly browned.
Condition Rating: A+.