![GORSKII, Aleksandr Vasilevich. Istoricheskoe opisanie Sviato- Troitskiia Sergievy Lavry. [Historical Account of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery.] Moscow: I. Efimov, 1890.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CKS/2012_CKS_06769_0043_000(gorskii_aleksandr_vasilevich_istoricheskoe_opisanie_sviato-_troitskiia055405).jpg?w=1)
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GORSKII, Aleksandr Vasilevich. Istoricheskoe opisanie Sviato- Troitskiia Sergievy Lavry. [Historical Account of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery.] Moscow: I. Efimov, 1890.
Two parts in one volume, 8° (269 x 176mm). 4 plates, including the photographic view and folding plate. (Margins lightly yellowed, folding plate with short tear at folds.) Full burgundy morocco, spine gilt, upper side stamped with a wide gilt border, lower side stamped in blind, edges gilt, white moiré-style endpapers (spine and upper side evenly faded to brown, front joint repaired, corners rubbed). Provenance: Nicholas II of Russia (bookplate) -- 'Printed in Russia' (small import stamp) -- Hammer Galleries, New York (label for 'Russian Imperial Exhibit').
NICHOLAS II'S COPY of this history of the spiritual centre of Orthodox Russia.
Two parts in one volume, 8° (269 x 176mm). 4 plates, including the photographic view and folding plate. (Margins lightly yellowed, folding plate with short tear at folds.) Full burgundy morocco, spine gilt, upper side stamped with a wide gilt border, lower side stamped in blind, edges gilt, white moiré-style endpapers (spine and upper side evenly faded to brown, front joint repaired, corners rubbed). Provenance: Nicholas II of Russia (bookplate) -- 'Printed in Russia' (small import stamp) -- Hammer Galleries, New York (label for 'Russian Imperial Exhibit').
NICHOLAS II'S COPY of this history of the spiritual centre of Orthodox Russia.
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