[Contemporary Russia in Portraits and Biographies of Celebrated Personalities.
Lot 283
200400
[Contemporary Russia in Portraits and Biographies of Celebrated Personalities.
In Favor of Starving]. Publication: Tip. Balyanskogo, Skt. Peterburg. [ca.1907-
1908]. Uncommon. Provides detailed information about the ministers, rst State
Duma members, governors and members of the Red Cross Society. Richly illus-
trated with black & white portraits. Includes biographies of Petr Stolypin, Baron
Nolde, A.Naryshkin, Prince Obolenskiy, and others. Description: Landscape 4to (26
x 37 cm). Decorated title page, contents, [1], 1-184, 179-194, 203-208, [70] pp. ads,
numerous portraits in text; mistakes in pagination, small tear to upper left corner
of title page, lower left corners creased throughout. Original decorated publisher’s
wrappers; tear to head and foot of spine, some soiling.