DÉMIDOFF (Anatole de). TRAVEL IN MERIDIONAL RUSSIA and the Crimea by Hungary, Wallachia and Moldova, executed in 1837. Paris, Ernest Bourdin & Cie, 1840. Large in-8, red chagrin, large golden rocaille plate on the dishes, golden coat of arms in the center, smooth back decorated in the same way, golden slices (Boutigny). Original edition and first print run of the 64 drawings by Raffet with 23 plates on China mounted, including the portrait of the Tsar, and an off-text music plate. Nice Boutigny binding decorated with the imperial coat of arms and richly ornamented on the spine and on the covers. A few freckles.