Russian Art
Oct 27, 2020
France
Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco
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Lots: 8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 45, 46, 51, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
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LOT 301:
RUSSIAN CHRONICLE
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Start price:
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1,600
Estimated price:
1600€-1700€
Auction house commission: 27%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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RUSSIAN CHRONICLE
[full set] Paris: ed. «The Russian
hearth in Paris», 1921-1925. Vol. 1-7.
Vol. 1. - 1921. - 206, [2] p.: Il.; 11 l.
Il.; Vol. 2. - 1922. - [4], 184, [2] s.: Il.;
4 l. Il.; Vol. 3. - 1922. - 220, [2] p.: Il.;
5 l. Il.; Vol. 4. - 1922. - 248 p.; 4 l. Il.;
Vol. 5. - 1923. - 292 p.; 3 l. Il.; Vol.
6. - 1924. - 221, [2] p.; 3 l. Il.; Vol. 7.
- 1925. - VIII, 251, [2] p.; 5 l. Il.; 26,
5x18 cm. All issues (except Vol. 2) in
publishing the cover. Spine repaired
with glue and paper (Vol. 1), tears and loss of fragments of the cover and spine
Vol. 3), loss of the front cover, the block splits into seperate parts (Vol. 2),
loss of big part of the spine, the block splits into several parts (Vol. 4), ownership
stamps, worn edges of pages. The owner’s inscription on the cover of the
volumes 3, 4, 5: «Count Schulenburg», numerous owner’s pencil comments
around the text in the same books.The publication covers the historical events
of the early twentieth century through the eyes of eyewitnesses and participants:
the life of the Royal family, the civil war and the revolution. It says about
the Russian state collapse, terrible suffering of the Russian people during the
first years after the revolution and «manifestation of unprecedented madness,
treachery, and villainy of the rulers in the years of Russian turmoil». Among
the authors: P. Gilyar (about the Royal Family), P. Krasnov, V. M. Rudnev, V.
I. Gurko, V. Petrushevsky, Baroness Wrangel, P. S. Botkina, etc. Provenance:
Vladimir Eduardovich Schulenburg, von, count (1870 -?), Colonel, officer of
the life guards of the Ulan regiment. Head of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
nursing house for crippled soldiers, head of the sanitary train named after
the Heir Alexey Nikolaevich. In exile in Switzerland. Member of the Monarchical
Association. He was a propagandist from the entourage of Grand Duke
Nikolai Nikolaevich. A member of the society for the memory of Empress
Alexandra Feodorovna, published a book of memories about her. In 1926-1928
he lived in Nice. Very rare in set.
