[GUERRE DE CRIMEE] Nos souvenirs de Kil-Bouroun pendant l'hiver passé dans le Liman du Dnieper. 1855-1856. Les officiers, officiers mariniers et marins de la division navale de Kil-Bouroun. Album lithographié par MM. A. Bayot, Eugène Cicéri et Morel Fatio

First edition of this splendid lithographed album by A. Bayot, Eugène Cicéri, and Morel Fatio, comprising a lithographed title on a tinted background, a line-engraved map by Avril, and 15 color lithographs on tinted grounds.

Contemporary black half shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands and blind-stamped double fillets, cherry-red shagreen title label (with minor losses) mounted on the upper cover, black paper-covered boards, white moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, endpapers slightly foxed and creased, all edges gilt, the binding recently restored.

Scattered foxing, a few faint marginal dampstains, one stain at the head of the final plate.

A handsome album documenting the naval engagement at Kinburn (17 October 1855), one of the concluding operations of the Eastern War, commonly misnamed the Crimean War. This confrontation between French and British warships and the Russian fleet at the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula, south of the Dnieper (present-day Ukraine), resulted in the destruction of the Russian forts within just four hours by French units, with minimal losses on the Allied side. It marked the beginning of the systematic use of armored warships.