[RUSSKO-FRANTSUZSKAYA DRUZHBA] [RUSSIAN-FRENCH FRIENDSHIP] PODNOSNAYA TSEL’NOKOZHANAYA PAPKA S FOTOGRAFIYAMI [LARGE FULL-LEATHER PRESENTATION FOLDER WITH PHOTOGRAPHS]. [RUSSIA, 1890S]

Folder size 47 x 33 cm. Contains 8 photographs (gelatin silver prints) on mounts. Without explanatory text. Large brown leather folder, the upper board with the arms of the Russian Empire stamped in gilt and a fine geometric border along the edge. Composite moiré endpapers, gilt-tooled ornamental doublures. All edges gilt. The photographs show a jasper vase from various angles, as well as its elements: the bronze handles, the arms of Paris, the double-headed eagle, and the arms of Kronstadt and Toulon. The vase is in the Paris City Hall and is 292 cm high.