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Tsarskoe Selo v tsarstvovanie imperatritsy Elizavety Petrovny [Tsarskoe Selo during the Reign of Elizaveta Petrovna].

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Tsarskoe Selo v tsarstvovanie imperatritsy Elizavety Petrovny [Tsarskoe Selo during the Reign of Elizaveta Petrovna].

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Stock Code 96156

St Petersburg, Golike i A.Vilborg, 1910

Deluxe edition in full morocco . The book is based on extensive research (Benois spent a lot of time in the State archives) and is accompanied by illustrations produced using the latest printing techniques, including heliogravures, colour reproductions, photo-engravings and autotypes. The design and illustrations were prepared by Benois himself, as well as great Russian artists including E. Lansere, K. Somov and M. Dobuzhinsky, turning this monumental work into a piece of art. Immediately after its publication the book was called Dvortsovaia kniga o dvortse [The Palatial Book of the Palace] for its luxurious design and high price - copies in morocco bindings sold for 125 roubles.

First edition; 4to (336 x 280 mm); with 53 plates, illustrations within text, prospectus loosely inserted; tear to a corner of one plate; original red morocco gilt; [4], engraved title, [2], frontispiece, letterpress title, [4], index [8], 263, xlv, 59 pp.

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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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Tsarskoe Selo v tsarstvovanie imperatritsy Elizavety Petrovny [Tsarskoe Selo during the Reign of Elizaveta Petrovna].

BENOIS, Alexander.

Stock code: 96156

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