DUBENSKY D.N. (1857-1923) Ego imperatorskoe velichestvo gosudar’ imperator Nikolay Aleksandrovich v deystvuyushchey armii [His Imperial Majesty Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich in the Active Army]. Petrograd: Ministry of the Imperial Court, 1915-1916.

Vol. 1: September-October 1914. 1915. XVIII, 66 pp.: ill., 1 leaf portrait, 1 map on the cover; Vol. 2: November-December 1914. 1915. 190 pp.: ill., 2 plates, 1 map on the cover; Vol. 3: January-June 1915. 1915. [4], 196 pp.: ill., 2 leaves of portraits, 1 map on the cover; Vol. 4: July 1915 - February 1916. 1916. [4], 230, [6] pp.: ill., 3 plates; 27.4 x 19.5 cm. The plates are reproduced in halftone. Four volumes in a plain full cloth owner’s binding. Illustrated publisher’s covers preserved. In good condition. Rubbing to the spine, small tear to the front cover along the spine (vol. 1), stain and traces of damp on the front cover and first pages (vol. 1), traces of damp in the upper margin of the last pages (vol. 4), foxing to the covers, label of a print shop in Kowloon (Hong Kong) on the back cover. The edition contains rich illustrative material: photographs by the court photographer Yagelsky (Gan and Co.), maps and battle plans, pictures of troop reviews, photographs from the front, portraits of members of the imperial family, Emperor Nicholas II and members of the General Staff. A valuable source for the history of the First World War. Dmitry Nikolaevich Dubensky (1857-1923) was a Russian major general, military writer and publisher. During the First World War he published the illustrated journal ‘Chronicle of the War 1914-1917’. The complete set is rare.