NICHOLAS II -- KRIVENKO, V.S. (ed.). Koronatsionnyi sbornik s soizvoleniia Ego Imperatorskago Vel

NICHOLAS II -- KRIVENKO, V.S. (ed.). Koronatsionnyi sbornik s soizvoleniia Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva Gosudariia Imperatora. Ch. II tol'ko. [Coronation Album of His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Emperor. Volume 2 only.] St. Petersburg: Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1899. 2° (440 x 320mm). Illustrated throughout with chromolithographs and photographic reproductions, tissue guards, those for the photographic illustrations with printed captions. (Dampstain in the margins of the first few gatherings, occasional soiling, tears in a few tissue guards, a few leaves loose.) Original green leather spine and green pictorial cloth sides, the covers and spine blocked in various colours and gilt, metal medallion mounted on the front board, edges gilt, endpapers printed in silver and gilt (soiled, corners rubbed, front free endpaper adhering to the pastedown at one corner and with short tears). Provenance: H.R.H. Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia (sold, Christie's, 27 June 2007, lot 17).

FIRST EDITION. THE RARE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE ISSUE. Volume 2, from the collection of Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia, with the folding menu after Vasnetsov's original design. A lavish publication, illustrated throughout with reproductions of the menus and programs of festivities, and photographic portraits of noble families and dignitaries in attendance.

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