[Russia - House of Romanov]
Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille impériale
£605
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
peinte par H. Benner, qui a obtenu de Sa Majesté l'Empereur la permission de faire graver ces portraits. St Petersburg: Saint-Florent, & Moscow, Rosenstrauch, c.1817. First edition, folio (40 x 26cm), contemporary half morocco with gilt morocco label to front board, 2 title-pages (in French and Russian), 23 engraved portraits (of 24), bound without list of subscribers, loss to foot of spine, contents spotted and damp-stained, ex Manchester Public Free Libraries with plate and lending slip to front pastedown and endpaper, ink accession stamp to verso of French title-page, and blind stamps to plates