SARLAT, Ludovic. L'Empereur et l'Impératrice de Russie en France. Sarlat, Dordogne: Michelet, 1896.
SARLAT, Ludovic. L'Empereur et l'Impératrice de Russie en France. Sarlat, Dordogne: Michelet, 1896.
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SARLAT, Ludovic. L'Empereur et l'Impératrice de Russie en France. Sarlat, Dordogne: Michelet, 1896.

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SARLAT, Ludovic. L'Empereur et l'Impératrice de Russie en France. Sarlat, Dordogne: Michelet, 1896.

12° (170 x 135mm). Contemporary blue half morocco preserving the original printed wrappers, Nicholas II's cipher in gilt on the front cover. Provenance: Nicholas II of Russia (binding; bookplate) -- Swann Galleries, New York (sold, 2 December 1976, lot 337; ticket and description laid-in) -- William Doyle Galleries, New York (sold, 07 May 1997, lot 176).

NICHOLAS II'S COPY. A collection of sonnets, dedicated to the Empress, commemorating the official visit to France in 1896. It was during this visit that Nicholas laid the first stone of the ornate Pont Alexander III.

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