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Krivenko, Vasily Silovich LES SOLENNITÉS DU SAINT COURONNEMENT. OUVRAGE PUBLIÉ AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE SA MAJESTÉ L'EMPEREUR... TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE DE M.G. KORSOW. ST PETERSBURG: EXPÉDITION POUR LA CONFECTION DES PAPIERS DE L'ETAT, 1899 folio (437 x 315mm.), half-title, numerous plates (including some chromolithographs, some with gold printing) and illustrations (some photographic), decorative initials, head- and tailpieces (some printed in red and gold), many by Samokysh, folding chromolithographed menu by Vasnetsov at end, original pictorial inlaid beige boards with metal portrait medallion at head of upper cover, cloth spine with similar decoration and lettering, gilt edges, one leaf of index loose, binding and medallion rubbed, joints breaking