![[BEKETOV, Platon P. (ed.)]. Opisanie v litsakh torzhestva proiskhodishego v 1626 godu fevralia 5 pri brakosochetanii Gosudaria Tsaria Mikhaila Feodorovicha s Evdokieiu Luk'ianovnoiu iz roda Streshnevikh. [Description of the Wedding of Great Prince Mikhail Feodorovich with Evdoika Lukianova Streshneva.] Moscow: Moscow University, 1810. 2° (305 x 225mm). 63 (of 65) engraved illustrations, hand-coloured possibly in an early hand. (Lacking the title and pages 5/6 and 79/80, some repairs in the margins, some soiling and spotting.) Contemporary Russian polished leather, sides with blind-tooled border (rebacked, corners repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Vasilii Ivanovich Efanov (title signature).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0408_001(beketov_platon_p_opisanie_v_litsakh_torzhestva_proiskhodishego_v_1626120654).jpg?w=1)
![[BEKETOV, Platon P. (ed.)]. Opisanie v litsakh torzhestva proiskhodishego v 1626 godu fevralia 5 pri brakosochetanii Gosudaria Tsaria Mikhaila Feodorovicha s Evdokieiu Luk'ianovnoiu iz roda Streshnevikh. [Description of the Wedding of Great Prince Mikhail Feodorovich with Evdoika Lukianova Streshneva.] Moscow: Moscow University, 1810. 2° (305 x 225mm). 63 (of 65) engraved illustrations, hand-coloured possibly in an early hand. (Lacking the title and pages 5/6 and 79/80, some repairs in the margins, some soiling and spotting.) Contemporary Russian polished leather, sides with blind-tooled border (rebacked, corners repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Vasilii Ivanovich Efanov (title signature).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0408_000(beketov_platon_p_opisanie_v_litsakh_torzhestva_proiskhodishego_v_1626070137).jpg?w=1)
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[BEKETOV, Platon P. (ed.)]. Opisanie v litsakh torzhestva proiskhodishego v 1626 godu fevralia 5 pri brakosochetanii Gosudaria Tsaria Mikhaila Feodorovicha s Evdokieiu Luk'ianovnoiu iz roda Streshnevikh. [Description of the Wedding of Great Prince Mikhail Feodorovich with Evdoika Lukianova Streshneva.] Moscow: Moscow University, 1810. 2° (305 x 225mm). 63 (of 65) engraved illustrations, hand-coloured possibly in an early hand. (Lacking the title and pages 5/6 and 79/80, some repairs in the margins, some soiling and spotting.) Contemporary Russian polished leather, sides with blind-tooled border (rebacked, corners repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Vasilii Ivanovich Efanov (title signature).
RARE ACCOUNT OF THE WEDDING OF THE FIRST ROMANOV RULER, produced from a manuscript found in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The manuscript was edited by Beketov, one of the foremost printers of his day, whose press was closed and stock destroyed during the fires of 1812 in Moscow. This copy comprises 63 engravings as often; Ostroglazov notes that copies with 65 engravings are 'extremely rare'. Berezin-Shiriaev V, pp.36-7 ('extremely rare'); Burtsev 1190; Fekula 1699 (this copy); Ostroglazov 218; Sopikov 7757.
RARE ACCOUNT OF THE WEDDING OF THE FIRST ROMANOV RULER, produced from a manuscript found in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The manuscript was edited by Beketov, one of the foremost printers of his day, whose press was closed and stock destroyed during the fires of 1812 in Moscow. This copy comprises 63 engravings as often; Ostroglazov notes that copies with 65 engravings are 'extremely rare'. Berezin-Shiriaev V, pp.36-7 ('extremely rare'); Burtsev 1190; Fekula 1699 (this copy); Ostroglazov 218; Sopikov 7757.