FRANÇOIS COPPÉE (1842-1908) Le Tsar et la Tsarine en France / Hommage au Tsar [The Tsar and Tsarina in France / Homage to the Tsar]. Preface by François Coppée. Paris: Le Journal, [1896].

230, [6] pp., 8 leaves. In French. 29 x 20 x 2 cm. Publisher’s cloth binding. Good condition. Some wear and soiling to the binding, splits and tears to the endpapers, foxing. An illustrated chronicle of the visit of Emperor Nicholas II and his consort Alexandra Feodorovna to France in October 1896, marking the conclusion of the Franco-Russian Alliance. It includes numerous photographs from the imperial family archives as well as drawings by several French illustrators. Edited and supervised by the French poet and writer François Coppée (1842-1908). The book features photographs by the leading French photographers of the time who documented the royal couple’s official visit: Pierre Petit, F. Nadar, G. Worth and E. Gaillard.