Lohenstein on Peter the Great of Russia
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Beskrivning
PRINCE NARISCHKIN´S COPY. L(OHENSTEIN). J. H. VON. Des Grossen Herrens, Czaars und Gross-Fürstens von Moscau, Petri Alexiewiz, des gantzen grossen, kleinen und weissen Reusslandes Selbshalters, etc... Leben und Thaten... I-II. Franckfurt und Leipzig (bey Johann Leonhard Buggeln) 1710.
8:o. (14, last blank), 1-471, (41), (10), 1-604, (20) pp. 2 engraved frontispiece portraits,15 partly folding engraved plates, portraits and plans (all), 2 engraved vignettes.
Contemporary vellum, somewhat worn and spotted, crack in upper part of lower joint, red edges. 1 leaf with mended marginal tear. Minor foxing. Bookplate of C. Narischkine and his library stamp on first endpaper, bookplate of Gösta Nobel.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
Auktionsnummer:
6099
Datum:
2017-06-20