Lot 280
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Album of the Costume Ball at the Winter Palace, February 1903. St Petersburg, Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1904. Folio (48 x 34.5 cm.). 195 photographic reproductions, 21 of these gravures, c. 24 x 14 cm., printed on india paper and mounted on card with tissue guards and with captions printed in Russian and French (occasional light wear to the edges of the mounts). Loose, as issued in the original portfolio (slightly soiled, ties defective)
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Album of the Costume Ball at the Winter Palace, February 1903. St Petersburg, Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1904. Folio (48 x 34.5 cm.). 195 photographic reproductions, 21 of these gravures, c. 24 x 14 cm., printed on india paper and mounted on card with tissue guards and with captions printed in Russian and French (occasional light wear to the edges of the mounts). Loose, as issued in the original portfolio (slightly soiled, ties defective)

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Album of the Costume Ball at the Winter Palace, February 1903. St Petersburg, Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, 1904. Folio (48 x 34.5 cm.). 195 photographic reproductions, 21 of these gravures, c. 24 x 14 cm., printed on india paper and mounted on card with tissue guards and with captions printed in Russian and French (occasional light wear to the edges of the mounts). Loose, as issued in the original portfolio (slightly soiled, ties defective)

Illustrations of the aristocracy in historical costumes of the Russian Empire in its fading glory.
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