VERESHCHAGIN A.V. (1850–1909) Doma i na voyne: 1853–1881. Vospominaniya i rasskazy Aleksandra Vereshchagina [‘At Home and in War: 1853–1881. Memoirs and Stories of Alexander Vereshchagin’] 2nd edition. Sankt-Peterburg: Izd. knizhnogo sklada V. A. Berezovskogo; tip. N. A. Lebedeva, 1886.

Lot 657

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[2], II, 572 s.; ill., 1 leaf of portrait; 23.5 × 16 cm. In a contemporary composite binding. Leather spine with gold embossing. Good condition. Minor scuffing of the binding, slight damage to the corners of the covers, foxing. Alexander Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1850–1909) – brother of the renowned battle painter Vasily Vereshchagin, a professional soldier and participant in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, later promoted to Lieutenant General (1908). In retirement, he devoted himself to literary work and memoir writing, offering valuable firsthand accounts of 19th-century Russian military and social life.

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