1856 PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN WAR 1854-5-6 BY CHAMBERS 11 PLATES CRIMEA* Condition: --not specified Price: GBP 49.99 ApproximatelyUS $65.39 Item specifics Binding Hardback Non-Fiction Subject History & Military Language English Special Attributes 1st Edition, Illustrated Region Europe Publisher W & R CHAMBERS Year Printed 1856 Original/Facsimile Original I have here for sale a book entitled PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN WAR 1854-5-6 with Maps, Plans and Wood Engravings. First edition published by W & R Chambers in 1856. There are 11 maps and lithographic views as well as 109 in-text engravings and various tail-pieces and vignettes. The plates show: Sebastopol on 9th September 1855; Russia in Europe in the middle of the 15th century; Turkey in Europe; Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, Cattegat, etc; Plan of Cronstadt; Plan of Crimea; Portion of the Crimea, forming Chief Scene of Warfare; Plan of the Siege of Sebastopol; Sea of Azof; Caucasus and Portion of Turkey in Asia; and Fortifications of Sveaborg and City of Helsingfors. Red hardboards with gilt lettering to the spine. Cloth is split at the top of both front and rear hinges. Bumping to tail. Black stain to the top right corner of the front board. A couple of marks to the rear board. Internally pages are clean and firm. 584 pages, 26 x 18 cm.