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Prince Alexis Soltykoff (or: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov / Aleksei Dmitrievich Saltykov) was born in 1806 in St. Petersburg as a member of an influential and wealthy family. He was a gifted painter and sketcher who, after a relatively short career in the Russian diplomatic service, settled down in Paris around 1840. From there he travelled to the East twice (1841-1843 and 1845-1846) and crossed the Indian subcontinent. After his return to Paris from the second voyage he had his letters as sent to one of his brothers, published under the title Letters sur l’Inde (Paris: Amyot, 1848). Some of the drawings he had made on the spot during his voyages were lithographed and appeared in this book, published in octavo format, for the very first time. In 1850 these drawings were lithographed by De Rudder and published by Augusta Bry in a large folio format under the title Voyages dans l’Inde, after which several subsequent editions were published in octavo format under that same title, first by Comer & Lecou and a subsequent edition by Garnier Fr’res.

This is the later version from the Voyages DansL’inde Par Le Prince Alexis Soltykoff published in 1860.

SIZE-6 x 9 in.

MEDIUM– Lithograph (Mounted for Protection)

YEAR– 1860

EXPORTABLE-No

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CODE NO– PAS9