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LOT 160:
Guide to Peterhof. To the 200th anniversary of Peterhof.
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Guide to Peterhof. To the 200th anniversary of Peterhof.
M. I. [Izmailov M. M.] In Russian and French. Color plan of the mountains. Peterhof with its surroundings (25.5 x 27 cm.). Color plan of Peterhof ( 69 x 52 cm). St. Petersburg. T-vo R. Golike and A. Vilborg. 1909 [6], 246 p., 2 skl. maps. Publishing art semi-cardboard binding, 15 x 22.5 cm. Contamination of the binding, a small break in the block at the end of the book.
Edition on coated paper, with numerous illustrations in the text. With a parallel text in Russian and French. The book is in its native publisher's binding. The "Guide to Peterhof" was published for the 200th anniversary of Peterhof in 1909. The guide was intended to provide a brief historical sketch of Peterhof, to give a description of the modern city of the beginning of the XX century, taking into account the changes that have occurred. The book contains informative illustrative material. "M. I.`, this is Mikhail Mikhailovich Izmailov (1873-1937), inspector of the Peterhof Men's Gymnasium of Emperor Alexander II, teacher of Russian history, after the February Revolution was a member of the city management committee, in Soviet times worked in the art and historical commission of Peterhof museums.
