Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler and Johann Georg Richter | Spiele und Belustigungen der Russen aus den niedern Volks-Klassen, Leipzig, [c.1802–1805]

Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geißler and Johann Georg Richter

Spiele und Belustigungen der Russen aus den niedern Volks-Klassen. Jeux et divertissements du peuple russe. Leipzig: im Industrie Comptoir, [c.1802–1805]

4to (296 x 234 mm), 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red and green gilt-lettered labels to spine, very occasional spotting, slight splitting between gatherings, spine and extremities slightly rubbed, spine labels cracked

Bilingual costume book in German and French with hand-coloured plates, depicting games such as checkers, egg rolling, boxing, and Tric-Trac. The illustrator, Geissler, had served as the expedition artist for Peter Simon Pallas' voyage through Russia.

PROVENANCE:

C.A. Meusel, bookplate numbered 1512

LITERATURE:

Colas 2554