Grand-Duc Nicolas Mikhailovitch.
L'Imperatrice Elisabeth, epouse d'Alexandre I.
L'Imperatrice Elisabeth, epouse d'Alexandre I.
Stock Code 89231
Manufacture des Papiers de L'Etat, St. Petersbourg, 1908 - 1909.
Nonetheless, however comprehensive the present work is, even the Grand Duke was not in power to reveal all the details of the Empress's life. For example, a chapter related to a love affair of Elizaveta was removed from the publication upon the order of Nicholas II.
Octavo (28 x 20 cm), 3 vols. Frontispiece, XIII, 436 pp. with 29 plates; frontispiece, IX, 751 pp., with 33 plates and one facsimile; frontispiece, VIII, 723 pp., with 27 plates and two facsimiles, all plates with tissue guards; one plate in vol 2 loose. Contemporary red calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands richly gilt, bookmarks; very lightly rubbed.
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