Celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg by exploring the role fo the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts. Explores in particular the historic role of St Petersburg as Russia's window to the West, and features the great masterworks of western European art collected by Romanovtsars.
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Celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg by exploring the role fo the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts. Explores in particular the historic role of St Petersburg as Russia's window to the West, and features the great masterworks of western European art collected by Romanovtsars.
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Small ink signature and date else very good plus condition with text clean & binding sound / very good plus dust jacket. Size: 9.5x11.5 inches, 208pp., illus.
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Very good. Very clean hardcover with jacket. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs.
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Fine. Very good to like new hardcover with jacket. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs.
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NF in NF jacket. Blue boards with silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering on blue spine. 208 pp. full of color images. Published to coincide with the tercentenary of the founding of St. Petersburg, the book explores "the role of the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts." The authors investigate "the historic role of [the city] as Russia's window to the West and features the great masterworks of Western European art collected and prized by the tsars, from Peter the Great to the last tsar, Nicholas II." The collection here includes more than 100 works of paintings, drawings, and prints, in addition to silver, porcelain, and tapestries. Each work is extensively annotated, and the collection is arranged by genre. With 4 introductory essays by leading scholars.
