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409 - His Imperial Highness the Tsarevich’s Journey to the East.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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His Imperial Highness the Tsarevich’s Journey to the East. Greece, Egypt, India. 1890–1891. Путешествие на Восток Его Императорского Высочества Государя Наследника Цесаревича — French edition. UKHTOMSKY, Prince Esper Esperovich (Prince E.-E. Ukhtomsky), Translated by Louis Léger, professor at the Collège de France, corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences; with a preface by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, member of the Institut; illustrated with 178 drawings by N.-N. Karazin (Nikolai Nikolaevich Karazin). Paris, Librairie Charles Delagrave, 15 rue Soufflot, 1893. Official account of the grand tour undertaken in 1890–1891 by Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (the future Nicholas II) through Greece, Egypt and India, on the orders of his father Alexander III — the first stage of a journey that subsequently continued to Indochina, China, Japan and Siberia (recounted in a second volume, not included in this lot). Frontispiece: engraved portrait of ‘His Imperial Highness the Tsarevich’ (the future Nicholas II). Deluxe edition — a separate first print run distinct from the standard commercial edition. Full publisher’s cloth binding in black, upper cover decorated in gold: title ‘Voyage en Orient’; crowned Latin monogram ‘N’ (Nicholas) in the top right-hand corner; large Russian imperial coat of arms, embossed and gilded at the bottom of the front cover; publisher’s name ‘Librairie Ch. Delagrave’ at the foot. Spine decorated in the same manner, with gilt title, crown, crowned ‘N’ monogram, and the words ‘Paris / Ch. Delagrave / Éditeur’. Handwritten inscription in blue ink on the flyleaf: ‘Georges, Madeleine and Marthe at Conton Camus for their cousins Robert and Albert’ — a later family dedication. Folio format (38 x 30 cm).
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About the sale Russian Art – Mr G’s Collection – Part 3
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM
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