Accession number:
PML 60679
Published:
St. Petersburg : Gedruckt bey der Kayserl. Academie der Wissenschafften, 1745.
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1970.
Description:
[4], 76 p., 49 [i.e. 51] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port., plans ; 45 cm
Notes:
Translation of: Obstoi︠a︡telʹnoe opisanīe torzhestvennykhʺ pori︠a︡dkovʺ blagopoluchnago vshestvīi︠a︡ vʺ t︠s︡arstvui︠u︡shchiĭ gradʺ Moskvu i ... koronovanīi︠a︡ ... imperatrit︠s︡y Elisavetʺ Petrovny. Text in German; captions and most of the artists' signatures in Russian.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
Illustrations: numerous engravings by I.A. Sokolov, G. Kachalov and C.A. Wortmann, depicting processions, triumphal arches, regalia, ceremonies, etc., and 2 mezzotints (portrait frontispiece by Johann Stenglin after Louis Caravaque, and fireworks display, no. 45)
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding:
Red morocco; gold-tooled crowned cipher of Elizabeth on front cover; her coat of arms on back cover; all edges gilt.
Variant Title:
Obstoi︠a︡telʹnoe opisanīe torzhestvennykhʺ pori︠a︡dkovʺ koronovanīi︠a︡ imperatrit︠s︡y Elisavetʺ Petrovny
Provenance:
President count Razumovskiĭ (Kirill ?, signature), Lord Braybrooke (bookplate).
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