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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

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SHILDER, Nikolay Karlovich.

Emperor Paul I.

Stock Code 93955

Skt. Peterburg, Suvorin, 1901

$5,122.00 - $5,122.00
$5,122.00
$5,122.00 - $5,122.00
$5,122.00
An exceptionally fresh example in the preferred binding with a large crown, of this masterpiece of Russian printing. The work presents a comprehensive biography of the controversial Emperor of Russia Paul I (1754-1801) by historian Nikolay Shilder (1842-1902), based on his research of documents, notes and letters of contemporaries.


Quarto (293 x 210 mm); with 21 plates including 7 double-page, 13 facsimilies, all with original tissues-gaurds; publisher's red half calf, gilt lettering to upper cover, spine gilt ruled, with gilt lettering and large gilt crown; light marginal spotting; half-title, title, [4], 606 pp.
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