Istoriya Rossii v portretakh po stoletiyam [History of Russia in Portraits by Centuries / Edition held under the Imperial Patronage of His Highness Prince Peter Alexandrovich Oldenburgsky]. 1903. SPb.: Pokrovskaya obshchina sester miloserdiya, [1903].
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- 163 pp., 10 l. of maps: ill.; 20x29 cm.
In publisher’s cardboard binding with artistic gold and colour embossing on the upper cover. Minor binding abrasions.
It is a luxuriously illustrated album which describes the history of Russian Empire from the coming of Rurik to the throne of Tsar Nicholas II.
The album presents all the first Russian princes and tsars from the Rurik dynasty, the main events of their reign before the Troubles, the ascension of the Romanovs to the throne and the major milestones in Russian history under their rule.