THE CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II (1894-1917)
Lot 262
3 5004 500
Les Solennites du Saint Couronnement ouvrage publie avec l’autorisation
de sa majeste l’empereur par le ministere de la maison imperiale.
Sous la direction de M. V. S. Krivenko. Traduction francaise
de M.G. Korsow. [Coronation collection dedicated to the coronation
of His Imperial Majesty Tsar Nicholas II]: [in 2 vols.]. St. Petersburg:
Expedition of preparation of state papers, 1899. [Vol. 1.] - XXXI, 396
p., 60 p. ill.; 45x33,4 cm. In French. In the publishing whole-leather
binding of N. Samokish. Bound of bordeaux color with a gold medallion.
Gold and polychrome lettering on the top cover and spine. Threesided
gold book edge. Slight fading of the spine. Bookplate of the Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha family, the ruling dynasty of Belgium and Great Britain,
on the front flyleaf.
Some of the illustrations were created by the artist Elena Samokish-
Sudkovskaya. The collection contains rich visual material: photos of
guests, phototypes from old engravings and manuscripts, illustrations
by prominent artists in A. Benois, V. Vasnetsov, V. Makovsky, I. Repin,
V. Serov, etc. In 1914, at the international exhibition of printing and
graphics in Leipzig, the publication was called a masterpiece of book
art.
The first volume of the publication contains a detailed history of the
Royal wedding tradition and an overview of the coronations of all Russian
monarchs.
The coronation collection is one of the most luxurious publications of
Russian printing.
Provenance: from the b-Ki of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty.