Le règne de S. M. l'empereur Nicolas II
By: ouvrage traduit du russe par Madame la comtesse de Hohenfelsen ; préface du Marquis de Ségur ... ; ouvrage illustré de 23 planches hors texte.
Contributors: Paleĭ, kni͡a︡gini͡a︡, b. 1865.; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918, former owner.; Gruel, Léon, 1841-1923, binder.; Russian Imperial Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Librairie Hachette et Cie ...
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.; Emperors -- Russia.; Armorial bindings -- Russia -- Specimens.; Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Professeur Eltchaninow
Notes: "Table de gravure," p. 123-[125].
"Édition du Courrier rural (Selsky vestnik); l'ouvrage est vendu au profit de la S[ocié]té de bienfaisance russe a Paris"--Half title verso.
LC Copy 1 has original blue paper cover bound in at end.
LC Copy 2: another issue, on special paper. "Exemplaire de Sa Majesté l'empereur Nicolas Alexandrovitch"--verso of half title. In brown morocco doublure binding with ruled borders and Imperial arms stamped in gilt on front and back, green moiré linings, marbled, double endpapers, all edges gilt. Binding signed: Gruel. Has the bookplate of Nicholas II's Winter Palace library. Original blue paper covers bound in. Penciled shelf mark on back free endpaper dated Jan. 10, 1914. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1931; has LC accession no. 409629.