Bogolubow, a. a. Kovrovye izdeliia Srednei Azii iz sobraniia, sostavlennogo a. a. Bogoliubovym. [Carpets of Central Asia]. Issue i-ii. St Petersburg: Ekspeditsiia zagotovleniia gosudarstvennykh bumag / Leipzig: Karl Hiersemann, 1908 -1909. 1st ed., large folio. a beautifully produced pioneering work on Central Asian carpets, a complete set of 36 superb chromolithographic colour plates (i–xxxvi) and 7 excellent b/w plates in heliotype (xxxvii – xliii) showing 23 carpets, title leaf, title leaf for "Fascicule ii", Russian and French text, the front cover of the original publisher's portfolio preserved, cased in a modern portfolio. a complete set in excellent condition. a heavy and oversized item.