1856 ca. MINE, SEBASTOPOL VUE PRISE DE TERRE.

58. MINE, SEBASTOPOL VUE PRISE DE TERRE.

Paris c.a. 1856, Miné publisher and printer, 29 x 21 cm (card: 40 x 30 cm), passe-partout 65.5 x 50 cm.

A unique period colored anonymous print depicting the most important fortifications of Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1853-1856). The legend includes 15 positions of forts and fortifications and the positions of the British and French fleets attacking the fortress. Graphic framed in white passe-partout. Rare!

Piece db preserved, clear coloring, the only flaw is a trace of a crease across the graphic.