Prince Grigori Gagarine, from the Atlas: Le Caucase pittoresque, Paris 1847. Prince Grigori Gagarine (1810-1893) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. He travelled all around Caucasus in the early 1840s creating unique views of the Caucasian landscape and its people. These views, were printed separately via several livraisons in Paris from 1847 and onwards. They are considered really important and very rare works on Caucasus. The following two views are coming from the private collection of Sarkis Boghossian, famous French librarian of the late 20th century with Armenian origin, who published the significant catalogue / bibliography on the Armenian prints & engravings entitled “Iconographie Armenienne”. The current two views are the numbers 843 and 861 of this catalogue (Iconographie Armenienne, volume II, Paris 1998) presenting his own pencil marks.
Lot. 3455 “Tiflis, Vu du jardin botanique”, lithographed by Bayot and Ciceri, after Gagarine.39x30cm in 57x40cm. Paris 1849.Fine lithographed view of the capital of Georgia, Tiflis, with the castle of Narikala in the foreground (843 in Boghossian bibliography). VERY RARE Starting Price: 220 €
Lot. 3456 “Vu de Telaf (en Cahetie)”, lithographed by Ciceri after Gagarine, 38x27cm in 57x40cm. Paris 1847. Fine lithographed view of Telavi in Kakhetia, Eastern Georgia and the Caucasian mountains. (861 in Boghossian Bibliography). VERY RARE Starting Price: 140 €
The following 8 lots (3457-3464) present a collection of rare views from the atlas of Tchihatcheff Piotr entitled “Asie Mineure Description physique, statistique et archeologique”, Paris, 1853. Piotr Tchihatcheff (1808-1890) was a Russian naturalist, geologist and the first to undertake a scientific exploration of Asia Minor, including in his work diverse scientific fields such as zoology, geology, archaeology, botanology. The Atlas “Asie Mineure Description physique…”, contains in total only 27 plates, that were being published in livraisons from 1853 and onwards for more than 20 years. All these texts and views are extremely rare.
Lot. 3457 Trebisonde, 25x21cm, fine view of the Pontic town from Mithrion mountain (Boz Tepe) with the monastery of Panagia Theoskepastos in the foreground, the medieval town and Yoroz Burnu (Ιερό Ακρωτηριο) in the back. Drawn and lithographed by Laurens, Paris 1855 (plate 26 of the Atlas). Starting Price: 170 €
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Lot. 3458 [Unye-Οίναιον] “Palais d’Onie”, 25x21cm, this impressive 17th century Derebey palace was one of the most important landmarks of the Pontic coast in the early 19th century. It was completely destroyed (burned down) later. Drawn and lithographed by Laurens, Paris 1854 (plate 23 of the Atlas). Starting Price: 150 € A. Karamitsos # 578