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Paul, Emperor of Russia (1796 – 1801) Ustanovlenie o rossiiskikh imperatorskikh ordenah [Ordinance on the Russian Imperial Orders] [Moscow: 1797].
Folio (485 x 310 mm.), 25 leaves of printed text within engraved borders and 38 engraved plates of illustrations of the illustrations of the order and of the costumes of the bearer (some slight discolouration). Original green presentation morocco stamped on gilt with border enclosing the Imperial Eagle (rather rubbed), g.e. (Svodnyi katalog 7624; Smirdin 1755)
Folio (485 x 310 mm.), 25 leaves of printed text within engraved borders and 38 engraved plates of illustrations of the illustrations of the order and of the costumes of the bearer (some slight discolouration). Original green presentation morocco stamped on gilt with border enclosing the Imperial Eagle (rather rubbed), g.e. (Svodnyi katalog 7624; Smirdin 1755)
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Armorial bookplate with inscription erased.
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