CONVOLUTE OF THREE ART ALBUMS 1) DELAROV, P.V. 2) BRESHKO-BRESHKOVSKIY, N.N. 3) NADEZHDIN, N.A.

1) DELAROV, P.V. Kartinnaya galereya Imperatorskogo Ermitazha ['Picture Gallery of the Imperial Hermitage'] / with explanatory text by P.V. Delarov. St Petersburg: t-vo M.O. Vol’f, 1902. — II, 182, II, IV pp.: ill. Title page lacking. Library stamp (1930s) on the half-title and p. 17. The album surveys the formation of the Hermitage painting collection, with overviews of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch (Flemish) and other European schools of the 15th–18th centuries. Pavel Viktorovich Delarov (1853–1913) was one of the leading Russian antiquarians and collectors of the late 19th–early 20th century. 2) BRESHKO-BRESHKOVSKIY, N.N. Russkiy muzey imperatora Aleksandra III ['The Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III'] / text by N.N. Breshko-Breshkovskiy; with autotype plates. St Petersburg; Moscow: t-vo M.O. Vol’f, cens. 1903. — [2], XII, 92, [1] pp.: ill., 1 frontispiece (portrait). Lacking 7 plates. The edition presents the collection of the museum at an early stage of its formation and is of particular importance for the history of Russian art and the Russian Museum. 3) NADEZHDIN, N.A. Moskovskaya Oruzheynaya palata ['The Moscow Armoury Chamber'] / text by N.A. Nadezhdin. St Petersburg; Moscow: t-vo M.O. Vol’f, cens. 1902. — [2], 55 pp.: ill., 1 frontispiece; 35 × 28 cm. A concise description of the collection of the celebrated treasury museum. 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary custom half leather binding, spine gilt, leather corners, edges coloured in ‘peacock’ style. Some wear, losses to the leather at the spine and corners.