RUSSIAN ART & HISTORY
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Nov 21, 2019
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LOT 932:
BENOIS, Alexandre. Tsarskoe Selo during the reign of the empresse Elisabeth Petrovna.
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Sold for: €5,500
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6,000
Estimated price :
6000€-8000€
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BENOIS, Alexandre. Tsarskoe Selo during the reign of the empresse Elisabeth Petrovna.
Saint-Petersburg, R. Golike and A. Wilborg, 1910. Grand 4o. [22], 262, [4], XLVI, 59 p., Ill., 1front., 1 title. [54] l. Il. Half-title based
after K. Somov. The result of A. Benoit’s many years of work, a large monograph written in a lively, fascinating language, with images
and drawings of plans for palace buildings from public and private archives.
Outstanding artists of that time: M. Dobuzhinsky, E. Lansere, D. Mitrokhin and K. Somov worked on the design of the book. Lavishly
illustrated, highly praised edition, a masterpiece of Russian typography at the end of reign of Nicolas II.
