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Повесть о Куликовской битве: Текст и миниатюры лицевого свода XVI века (The Tale of the Battle on the Kulikovo Field included in a Sixteenth Century Russian Illuminated Codex). Edited by Dmitry Likhachov. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1984. Folio of coated paperstock with color reproductions. Text in Russian and English. Tan leatherette binding with gilt decorations. Pages 3-248 are color plate facsimiles of the original edition, 389 pages. Book weighs over 6 pounds!. Very good condition, corners bumped. No writing in text. 1 copy only. 

The Battle of Kulikovo (Мамаево побоище/Куликовская битва) took place in 1380. The armies of the Golden Horde under the command of Mamai fought various Russian principalities under the command of Prince Dmitri of Moscow. It happened at the Kulikovo Field near the Don River (now Tula Oblast, Russia) and was won by Dmitri, who became known as Donskoy (of the Don) after the battle.