LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow. London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance: a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate).

LYALL, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed history of Moscow. London: T. Cadell, 1823. 4° (275 x 215 mm). Half-title. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured and some folding, folding engraved plan of Moscow. (Some offsetting, occasional spotting, tear in the plan not affecting the engraving.) Contemporary calf by J Goodwin with ticket, sides ruled in gilt (rebacked, sides scuffed, extremities rubbed). Provenance: a 19th-century collection (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. With fine hand-coloured aquatint views of the Kremlin by Edward Finden after Lavrov, including a folding panorama from the river. Lyall lived in Russia, practising as a young doctor after graduating in medicine at Edinburgh. The varied subject matter includes a catalogue of plants and edible mushrooms found near Moscow, as well as an essay on the progress of Russian architecture. Abbey, Travel 227.