[ALEXANDER III] - WALTHER, Christian Friedrich von. Stikhotvorenie na Latinskom i Nemetskom Yazyke na Korovanie Aleksandra III [Poem in Latin and in German upon the Coronation of Alexander III]. Government Press, St. Petersburg, 1883
4to (26.5 x 17.6 cm). Title printed in gold, text printed within ornate red borders; neat tear in the gutter of the title page. Original red cloth, gold lettering to upper cover within a black and gilt frame, white moire endpapers, all edges gilt; light soiling. Provenance: Alexander III ? (label and binding); Paul M. Fekula.
RARE POEM UPON ALEXANDER III's CORONATION, FINELY BOUND, WITH A TITLE PRINTED IN GOLD. Possibly Alexander III's own copy, then in the Fekula collection. We could trace only 2 copies outside Russia (Berlin and Stockholm, this one without the title printed in gold); apparently none in the USA.
£2500
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