KRIVENKO, V S (editor) Koronatsionii sbornik c soizvolenia Imperatora, SPb, Izd M-va Imperatorskovo dvora, 1899. Two vols 415 + 320p. illus, plates, some color, 45cm. original decorated morocco, g.e. With document from the Imperial Palace dated March 1899 attesting to this being copy no. 112 for Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich. (2)

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KRIVENKO, V S (editor) Koronatsionii sbornik c soizvolenia Imperatora, SPb, Izd M-va Imperatorskovo dvora, 1899. Two vols 415 + 320p. illus, plates, some color, 45cm. original decorated morocco, g.e. With document from the Imperial Palace dated March 1899 attesting to this being copy no. 112 for Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich. (2)

Provenance

Property of a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I.

Lot Essay

With numerous illustrations by N. Samokish, A. Benois, V. Vasnetsov, K. Lebedev, I. Repin, A. Riabushin, V. Serov and others; this is the commemorative album of the coronation of Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last rulers if the Russian Empire. The illustrations reproduce scenes, commemorative regalia and paraphernalia as well as listing the order of service, celebrations, the members of the imperial family, state officials and foreign representatives.