$36,000
Presentation Copy to Her Excellency Anna Dmitrievna Shipova. By Vasily Silovich Krivenko. Saint Petersburg: Ekspeditsiya zagotovleniya gosudarstvennykh bumag (State Paper Manufacturers), 1899.2 volumes, folio (17 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.; 438 x 342 mm). In the first volume 71 color (heightened with gold and silver) and black and white plates from originals by Benois, Vasnetsov,Lebedev, Makovsky, Repin, Riabushkin and Serov, 3 folding plates by Samokish and Vasilkovsky, in the second volume 57 photographic plates with printed tissue guards depicting members of the Imperial family and distinguished guests, and 18 color plates of titles, coronation menus and invitations; lower outer corner of half title and gutter margin of half title and frontispiece in second volume strengthened with tissue, occasional spots and soiling. Publisher
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2012-04-28