Magnificence of the Tsars : Ceremonial Men's Dress of the Russian Imperial Court, 1721-1917, from the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums

Author(s): Amelekhina, Svetlana A; Kevykin, Alexy K; Blakesley, Rosalind P

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Near Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Near Fine
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Printing
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	VandA Publishing
Publication Year:	2008
Publication Place:	London
Book ID:	003919
Catalogue(s):	Culture and Society ◇ Royalty ◇ Fashion, Costume, Dress

112pp, copiously illustrated mostly in colour. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear and rubbing to top (unclipped). Rose red end papers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to. The grandeur of Imperial Russia in captured in this spectacular book which records and celebrates the ceremonial dress and uniforms of Emperors and officials of the Russian Imperial Courts, spannig a period of nearly two hundred years and featuring the work of the leading master craftsmen of the period.

Keywords:

dress costume russia tsar clothes dress imperial court uniform