Krönungs-Geschichte, oder, Umständliche Beschreibung des solennen Einzugs, und der hohen Salbung und Krönung Ihro Kayserl. Majest. ... Elisabeth Petrowna Kayserin und Selbstherrscherin aller Reussen ... Wie jener den 28. Februarii, und diese den 25ten Aprill 1742. in der Kayserl. Residenz. Stadt Moscau vollzogen worden. Nach dem Russischen Original eingerichtet, und mit den dazu gehörigen Kupfern versehen.

Accession number: 
PML 60679
Published: 
St. Petersburg : Gedruckt bey der Kayserl. Academie der Wissenschafften, 1745.
Credit: 
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1970.
Description: 
[4], 76 p., 49 [i.e. 51] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port., plans ; 45 cm
Notes: 

Translation of: Obstoi︠a︡telʹnoe opisanīe torzhestvennykhʺ pori︠a︡dkovʺ blagopoluchnago vshestvīi︠a︡ vʺ t︠s︡arstvui︠u︡shchiĭ gradʺ Moskvu i ... koronovanīi︠a︡ ... imperatrit︠s︡y Elisavetʺ Petrovny. Text in German; captions and most of the artists' signatures in Russian.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
Illustrations: numerous engravings by I.A. Sokolov, G. Kachalov and C.A. Wortmann, depicting processions, triumphal arches, regalia, ceremonies, etc., and 2 mezzotints (portrait frontispiece by Johann Stenglin after Louis Caravaque, and fireworks display, no. 45)
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.

Binding: 
Red morocco; gold-tooled crowned cipher of Elizabeth on front cover; her coat of arms on back cover; all edges gilt.
Variant Title: 

Obstoi︠a︡telʹnoe opisanīe torzhestvennykhʺ pori︠a︡dkovʺ koronovanīi︠a︡ imperatrit︠s︡y Elisavetʺ Petrovny

Provenance: 
President count Razumovskiĭ (Kirill ?, signature), Lord Braybrooke (bookplate).
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