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RUSSIAN BOOKS
ALEXANDER I -- Mesiatsoslov s rospis'iu chinovnykh osob ili obshchii shtat rossiiskoi imperii. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Science, 1807. 2 vols, 8° (190 x 125mm). Contemporary Russian red calf, flat spines gilt in compartments centred with palm-tree tools, contrasting morocco lettering and numbering pieces, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some creasing and flaking on the spine panels). Provenance: Alexander I (stamps; pencilled press-mark '73/3') -- Paul M. Fekula.
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ALEXANDER I -- Mesiatsoslov s rospis'iu chinovnykh osob ili obshchii shtat rossiiskoi imperii. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Science, 1807. 2 vols, 8° (190 x 125mm). Contemporary Russian red calf, flat spines gilt in compartments centred with palm-tree tools, contrasting morocco lettering and numbering pieces, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, some creasing and flaking on the spine panels). Provenance: Alexander I (stamps; pencilled press-mark '73/3') -- Paul M. Fekula.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER I AT TSARSKOE SELO, AND 'VERY RARE' (Fekula). These annuals were printed in small numbers, and summarized the information necessary to the Imperial household and state officials, as well as historical, geographical, and other data. Very good copies, bound in red calf gilt for the Tsarskoe Selo Library. Fekula 2090 (this copy); Zaionchkovskii 157. (2)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER I AT TSARSKOE SELO, AND 'VERY RARE' (Fekula). These annuals were printed in small numbers, and summarized the information necessary to the Imperial household and state officials, as well as historical, geographical, and other data. Very good copies, bound in red calf gilt for the Tsarskoe Selo Library. Fekula 2090 (this copy); Zaionchkovskii 157. (2)