Maria feodorovna (45 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 166 pages; Subjects: Maria Feodorovna, Empress, consort of Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1759-1828 --Correspondence. Anna Pavlovna, Queen, consort of William II, King of the Netherlands, 1795-1865 --Correspondence. Russia --History --Alexander I, 1801-1825. 1 Kg.…

Trois volumes in-12° (171 x 104 mm) de [4]+395+[1] / [18]+332 / [8]+270+227+[1] pages. Reliures en plein maroquin rouge, triple filet doré sur les plats, dentelles sur les coupes, tranches dorées, plats frappés aux armes de Maria-Feodorovna, née princesse Sophie-Dorothée de Wurtemberg-Montbéliard (1759 1828), seconde épouse en 1776 du tsar Paul Ier de Russie (1754 1801), mère des tsars Alexandre Ier (1777 1825) et Nicolas Ier (1796 1855): à droite les armes des Romanov, à gauche celles des Wurtemberg, au centre celles de l'Empire russe, le tout ceint du cordon de l'ordre de Sainte Catherine (reliure de la fin du XVIIIe siècle). Sur les trois contre-plats de tête, un ex-libris rectangulaire de la bibliothèque du Palais de Pavlovsk (Saint-Pétersbourg), de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Construit entre 1782 et 1786 pour le futur Paul Ier, le Palais de Pavlovsk fut sa résidence favorite et resta occupé par sa veuve jusqu'à sa propre mort en 1828. Une partie des collections et des livres du palais fut vendue en Occident à partir de 1928 par le gouvernement soviétique, pour se procurer des devises. Première édition collective des mémoires de Charles de Valois duc d'Angoulême (1573 1650), de ceux de François-Annibal duc d'Estrées (1573 1670), déjà parus anonymement en 1668, de ceux de Gaston d'Orléans (1608 1660), dus en réalité à Etienne Algay de Martignac (1620 1698) et déjà publiés en 1683, et de ceux de Claude Guichard Déageant (1574 1645), publiés pour la première fois en 1668.Un ouvrage d'une provenance exceptionnelle, dans un état irréprochable. Barbier II, 232.…

showing the 17 year old Princess full length seated, wearing a white dress, holding her dog on her lap, 4" x 2½", no place, (Copenhagen), no date, circa In 1864 Dagmar was engaged to the elder brother of Alexander III but her fiancee Nicholas, Tsarevitch of Russia died of TB. Both she and her parents felt that the Russian throne had slipped from their fingers. Luckily a year later his brother Alexander proposed and Dagmar became the shining star of Imperial Russia.…

showing her three quarters length wearing a wonderful gown and jewels, resting her gloved hands on the back of a chair, no place, no date, in a wonderful presentation wooden frame with crest and monogram, in the corners in silver with a gilt fillet around the photo, 5" x 3½", in frame 10" x 8", no place, circa.…

showing her full length seated, wearing mourning dress, with a book on her lap, 4" x 2½", no place, (Copenhagen), no date, Signed whilst in mourning for her first fiancee Nicholas, Tsarevitch of Russia who died of TB. A very unusual portrait of the young Princess in mourning. Both she and her parents felt that the Russian throne had slipped from their fingers. Luckily a year later his brother Alexander proposed and Dagmar became the shining star of Imperial Russia.…

the original signed by her in Russian across the image and dated '1918-19-1920', perhaps referring to the period before she was able to leave Russia, a sensitive study showing her head and shoulders, three quarter face with a wistful gaze, in simple headscarf, neck scarf and shawl, all of light transparent material, single pearl earrings and a single row at her neck, old identification in French on verso, 5½" x 4", no place, the print no date but circa.…

showing her seated, full length, three quarter face, Nicholas is standing by the chair and George is on a cushion on the floor, both full face and in sailor suits, 3" x 2", no place, this copy circa.

showing her half length, seated, wearing a long string of pearls, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date damaged by former mounting on the verso The dowager Empress is shown in evening dress on the occasion of her visit to Edward VII and Alexandra.

showing them standing outside the Royal Pavilion at the Franco British Exhibition surrounded by their entourage, 5½" x 3½", London, It is well documented that the dowager Empress thoroughly enjoyed this holiday, which she spent with her beloved sister Alexandra.

showing her three quarters length in the uniform of her guards, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, c.

showing full length sitting in a chair with an open book on her lap, titled below, 5½" x 3½", no place, November.

showing her full length sitting in a chair with a book on her lap in a drawing room, 5½" x 3½", no place, November.

showing her standing on the deck of Nicholas II's Royal Yacht 'Standard', surrounded by his officers, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, c.

showing her head and shoulders, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, c.

showing the two sisters seated in the front row of a laughing crowd of spectators presumably watching some sort of sport, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date.

showing the Swedish Royal family gathered together outside, 5½" x 3½" no place, no date, An unusual 1911 photo. Alexandra is in pale colours though she was recently widowed. The siblings loved to get together and this is one of those family gatherings.

showing her full length, wearing a white dress, resting her arms on the back of a chair, 4¼" x 2¼", no place, no date.

showing her in court dress at the turn of the century 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa At this time the Dowager Empress was the most popular member of the Royal Family known for her wit and charm.

showing them standing behind their seated mother, all wearing lovely dresses, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, circa.

with her initials in cyrillic under a crown, 2" x 2" in a diamond, no place, no date There is another example of this bookplate in Brown University Library inThe Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.

showing Princess Dagmar standing holding an open bible on a table, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, c. The Princess is covered in a lace shawl and was already being considered as a match for the Tsarevitch.

showing her three quarters length wearing court dress, leaning on the back of a chair, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, Taken after she had become the Dowager Empress. These red cross postcards were sold for the charity.

showing her three quarters length, wearing mourning for her first fiancee Tsarevitch Nicholas, who died of tuberculosis in 1865, the year that this picture was released in Russia, 3½" x 2½", no place, (Moscow), no date.

showing her head and shoulders on her engagement, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, The engagement portrait of Princess Dagmar to her first fiancee Tsarevitch Nicholas, who died of tuberculosis in 1865. She went on to marry his brother Alexander who became Emperor Alexander III. Theirs was to prove an extremely happy union.…

showing the Empress surrounded by her daughters, all dressed in white, 5½" x 4½" damage on verso from former mounting Taken for the tercentenary celebrations the following year.

showing her head and shoulders in an oval as a very young girl, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, in original framewith thick bevelled glass front.

showing her outside, seated on a seat at the Marynski Palace in Kiev, together with a very rare image of her villa at Hvidore, in the nineteen twenties where the Dowager Empress spent her exile in Denmark, she died there in October 1928, each 5½" x 3½", Denmark, no date, circa.

showing her the dowager Empress on the Polar Star, surrounded by her officers in 1908, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date.

showing her three quarters length, wearing mourning for her first fiancee Tsarevitch Nicholas, who died of tuberculosis in 1865, the year that this picture was released in Russia, 3½" x 2½", no place, (Moscow), no date.

by Ghémar Frères of Brussels, showing her full length, full face, her arms resting on the back of a studio chair, and wearing a white dress and jacket, simply but elegantly edged with material consisting of a strong line with little arches above and little pleats below, 4¼" x 2¼", no place, no date, circa A pencilled note on the back reads 'Confirmation Photograph'. …