Folio (41.5 x 29.5 cm). Half-title, title, dedication, preface with list of illustrations, and 283 pp. with numerous woodengravings in text, some double-page; light fold in centre throughout, light spotting at beginning. Contemporary burgundy half-cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering to upper cover, flat spine with gilt rules; slightly rubbed at extremities. Provenance: Claus Rolling (booklabel to upper pastedown).
Fine copy of this extensive and richly illustrated study, in Russian and French, of the Russian tsars' coronations, up to Alexander III's in 1883. Published the same year, the present volumes dedicates more than its half to this last event, describing ceremonies, protocols, spectacles, foreign delegations and gifts to the new tsar. The rich illustration is composed of more than 200 woodengravings, sometimes taken from official coronation books, showing tsars' portraits, ceremonies, Moscow views, palaces and churches, as well as regalia, furniture and diplomatic presents.
GBP 3250.00
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