KRUGLYI, Aleksandr. Dvor Imperatritsy Ekateriny II. [The Court of Empress Catherine II.] St. Petersburg: E. Goppe, 1899. 2 volumes, 4° (245 x 180mm). 189 lithographed portraits. Near contemporary Russian pale green-tan half morocco, printed wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Klotchkov booksellers (book ticket) -- 'P.V.' (binding) -- Leningrad University (stamps) -- 'Printed in Soviet Union' -- Paul M. Fekula.
FIRST EDITION. The Fekula copy. The first publication of this series of silhouette portraits of the court of Catherine the Great, which had only recently been found in the library of the Imperial Hermitage. Fekula 2563 (this copy). (2)
KRUGLYI, Aleksandr. Dvor Imperatritsy Ekateriny II. [The Court of Empress Catherine II.] St. Petersburg: E. Goppe, 1899. 2 volumes, 4° (245 x 180mm). 189 lithographed portraits. Near contemporary Russian pale green-tan half morocco, printed wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Klotchkov booksellers (book ticket) -- 'P.V.' (binding) -- Leningrad University (stamps) -- 'Printed in Soviet Union' -- Paul M. Fekula.
FIRST EDITION. The Fekula copy. The first publication of this series of silhouette portraits of the court of Catherine the Great, which had only recently been found in the library of the Imperial Hermitage. Fekula 2563 (this copy). (2)
![KRUGLYI, Aleksandr. Dvor Imperatritsy Ekateriny II. [The Court of Empress Catherine II.] St. Petersburg: E. Goppe, 1899. 2 volumes, 4° (245 x 180mm). 189 lithographed portraits. Near contemporary Russian pale green-tan half morocco, printed wrappers bound-in, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Klotchkov booksellers (book ticket) -- 'P.V.' (binding) -- Leningrad University (stamps) -- 'Printed in Soviet Union' -- Paul M. Fekula.](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5327637/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05475_0303_000(kruglyi_aleksandr_dvor_imperatritsy_ekateriny_ii_[the_court_of_empress081117).jpg?maxwidth=3840)