USTRIALOV, N. Istoriia tsarstvovaniia Petra Velikogo [History of the Reign of Peter the Great]. St. Petersburg, 1858-63. Vols.1-4 & 6 and Atlases to vols.1-4, together in 8 vols. (all published), 8vo and folio, contemporary blindstamped dark blue velvet, g.e. Plates, some coloured. Library stamps of Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich and Gatchina Palace on endpapers. (8)

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USTRIALOV, N. Istoriia tsarstvovaniia Petra Velikogo [History of the Reign of Peter the Great]. St. Petersburg, 1858-63. Vols.1-4 & 6 and Atlases to vols.1-4, together in 8 vols. (all published), 8vo and folio, contemporary blindstamped dark blue velvet, g.e. Plates, some coloured. Library stamps of Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich and Gatchina Palace on endpapers. (8)

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One of the most detailed histories of Peter the Great published before the Revolution, this copy from the library of the younger brother of Nicholas II, who declined the throne on Nicholas' abdication, and was later murdered by the bolsheviks.

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