Lot 98
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[MALINOVSKII, ALEKSEI FEDOROVICH (editor). Istoricheskoe opisanie drevnago rossiiskago muzeia [Historical Account of the Old Russian Museum, known as the Masterskaia and Armoury Palaces in Moscow]. Moscow: 1807.
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[MALINOVSKII, ALEKSEI FEDOROVICH (editor). Istoricheskoe opisanie drevnago rossiiskago muzeia [Historical Account of the Old Russian Museum, known as the Masterskaia and Armoury Palaces in Moscow]. Moscow: 1807.

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[MALINOVSKII, ALEKSEI FEDOROVICH (editor). Istoricheskoe opisanie drevnago rossiiskago muzeia [Historical Account of the Old Russian Museum, known as the Masterskaia and Armoury Palaces in Moscow]. Moscow: 1807.

Part 1 (all published), folio (51 x 34cm.), xlix,139 pages including 30 engraved plates by Sokolov and illustrations in the text on heavy blue paper. Contemporary half calf (slightly worn)
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Lot Essay

Sopikov 7547 states that this rare book was published by P.S. Valuev, whose name appears at the end of the printed dedication to Alexander I. The word describes the treasures of the Grand Princes including crowns, thrones and other state regalia; Obol'ianinov 1141; Ostroglazov 121.

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