JOUBERT. MORNAND (Félix). - Lot 26

JOUBERT. MORNAND (Félix). Tableau historique, politique et pittoresque de la Turquie et de la Russie. Paris, Paulin et le Chevalier, 1854. Small folio (37 x 26.5 cm), [1] f., 176 pp, [1] f., black woodcut illustrations, 3 plates. Publisher's black percale, large gilt plate on upper board with title in center (upper spine slightly split, corners dulled, light foxing, tear not missing on p. 159). Published on the occasion of the Eastern War between the Ottoman and Russian empires. The 3 plates are a steel map by Vuillemin of the general situation, bearing a small map of the Baltic, enhanced with colored boundaries; a view of the harbor island of Kronstadt, St. Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland; and a plate showing the harbor, roadstead and fortifications of Sebastopol. With two maps showing Russian possessions beyond the Caucasus and a map of part of Turkey.