THE WEDDING OF THE RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNS TO THE KINGDOM, starting from Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich to Emperor Alexander III: with 217 images. 1883
Lot 293
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SPb.: ed. Herman Hoppe, 1883. - [8], 283 p.: Il.; 41, 5x30 cm. Parallel Russian and French text. Multiple illustrations across the text are made in the technique of woodcut like engraving by outstanding Russian engravers, the headpieces and initials are made in the same technique.
Semi-leather binding of the time, gold embossed spine. Fading skin. Czech stamps on title p. and reverse.
A magnificent illustrated edition in memory of the coronation of Emperor Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna, was issued in a limited edition of about 800 copies.