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Color Lithograph Wine Cellar and Residence of John C. Weinberger. St. Helena Napa Valley Cal

1878534418Oakland Calif.: Smith & Elliott Lith 1878. Near Fine. Original color lithograph. Measures 13Â½â€ x 10Â¾â€ to the inside edges of a mat frame neatly housed inside a glazed wood frame 18 Â¾â€ x 16 Â½â€. Slight toning near fine. A beautiful early landscape view of John Weinbergerâ€™s ranch and vineyard drawn by the American artist and cartographer Czar James Dyer. A bright well-preserved lithographic plate in a handsome frame removed from Illustrations of Napa County California published by Smith & Elliott in 1878. Smith & Elliott, Lith unknown

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de Balzac, Honore [Czar Alexander II]Biblio.com

La Dernière Incarnation de Vautrin. The Last Incarnation of Vautrin.

1848145572Paris: Chez Louis Chlendowski 1848. Finely bound edition of the final volume of 'La ComÃ©die Humaine' from the library of Czar Alexander II of Russia. Octavo three volumes bound in half crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spines in five compartments. In very condition with some rubbing to the spines and bookplates to the front pastedown of each volume royal bookplate 'A.H.' to the pastedown of each volume loss to the spine of volume I with Russian lettering exposed underneath. From the library of Emperor of Russia King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°ÌÐ½Ð´Ñ€ II ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ or Alexander II. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861 for which he earned the title Alexander the Liberator. Other reforms of his included reorganizing the judicial system setting up elected local judges abolishing corporal punishmentÂ promoting local self-government through theÂ zemstvo system imposing universal military service removing some privileges of the nobility and promoting university education. He was also unique in his foreign policy mainly his pacifism his support of the United States and his opposition of Great Britain;Â Alexander backed theÂ UnionÂ during theÂ American Civil WarÂ and sent warships toÂ New York HarborÂ andÂ San Francisco BayÂ to deter attacks by theÂ Confederate Navy andÂ sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there were another war. The Tsar's assassination by revolutionaries in 1881 triggered the major suppression of civil liberties in Russia and the return of police brutality. His plans for a parliamentary body and constitution were then also abandoned by his son Alexander III. HonorÃ© de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright considered one of the founders of realism in European literature. Full of personality and humanity Balzac imbued life into all of the characters and settings in his writing. His magnum opus 'La ComÃ©die Humaine' a vast series of interconnected novels presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life. The character whose name appears in the title of this work 'Vautrin' whose real name is Jacques Collin appears in several novels of 'La ComÃ©die humaine' inspired by the historical character of EugÃ¨ne-FranÃ§ois Vidocq a former criminal who later became chief of the Paris police. In prison Collin earns the nickname 'Trompe-la-Mort' 'Cheats Death' creating a life as 'Vautrin' after his escape. Although he was a supporter of the Crown Balzac paints the revolutionaries of the 'ComÃ©die' series in a sympathetic light - even though they are the center of the book's most brutal scenes. This was the first book Balzac released under his own name and it gave him what one critic called "passage into the Promised Land"establishing him as an author of note and providing him with a name outside his past pseudonyms. Chez Louis Chlendowski hardcover

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PAVEL (PAUL) I, TsarBiblio.com

Title in Russian followed on the same page by: Traité dalliance défensive conclu entre leurs majestés Empereur de toutes les Russies et le Roi de Prusse le 16/28 Juillet 1800.

1801J4AL0ZX7PQRKSt Petersburg: Imperial Printing Office 1801. Loose bifolia and 1 singleton leaf never sewn or bound. Folio 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Treaty between Russia and Prussia in Russian and French in 2 parallel columns in cyrillic left and roman right types each with incidental italic. With a decorated rule built up from cast units. Rare first and only edition in Russian and French of a defensive alliance concluded at St Petersburg between Tsar Pavel I of Russia and King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia on 28 July 1800 16 July by the Julian calendar used in Russia until the Revolution revising that concluded on 27 July/7 August 1792 following the Polish-Russian War. The 1792 treaty allied was drawn up when the parties were subjugating the once great and powerful Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth dissolved with its third partition in 1795. Nine months after Napoleon seized power in a coup d'état these allies faced a much more dangerous foe. In spite of the greatly different political and military context the treaty largely repeated the XIV articles of the 1792 treaty but added a new article VIII concerning the governance and provisioning of the army and revised articles I VII XXII-XIV this last group becoming XXIII-XV. We have found no other copy outside the Russian State Library in Moscow.Slightly browned and with an occasional minor marginal stain or tattered edge and the gutter folds somewhat weak but otherwise in very good condition. Rare first and only edition in Russian and French of an 1800 treaty between Russia and Prussia revising their 1792 treaty in the new political situation.l KVK & WorldCat State Library Moscow only; not in G.F. von Martens Recueil des principaux traités . Imperial Printing Office, unknown

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Lazovsky, G [Tsar Nicholas II]Biblio.com

The Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II.

1896147804Kiev 1896. Rare portfolio of photographs by G. Lazovsky depicting the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II. Quarto original publisher's blue cloth with black and silver titles and tooling to the front panel 31 albumen prints on card mounts with the embossed blind stamp of the photographer and the mounts captioned in Cyrillic with printed slips each image 6.25 inches by 9.125 inches. The series of photographs in this album cover the coronation festivities from the 10th to the 26th of May 1896. Only two of the images are from the Coronation day itself the 12th which are of the procession as there was likely no photography in the cathedral where the coronation proper was held. Portfolio in very good condition. Photographs in near fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 13.75 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. We have never seen another set. The coronation of Tsar Nicholas II took place on May 26 1896 May 14 Old Style in the Dormition Cathedral within the Kremlin Moscow. As the last Emperor of Russia Nicholas II’s coronation was a grand and highly ritualized event symbolizing the divine right of the monarchy. The ceremony followed traditional Orthodox customs including anointment with holy oil and the placing of the Imperial Crown on his own head signifying his supreme authority. However the event was overshadowed by the Khodynka Tragedy where over a thousand people died in a stampede during public celebrations. This disaster foreshadowed the instability of his reign which ultimately ended with the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917. hardcover

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Leben Pauls des Ersten Kaisers und Selbstherrschers aller Reussen. Nebst einer authentischen Geschichte der Feldzüge der Russen in Italien in der Helvetischen und Batavischen Republik gegen der Franzosen und vieler bisher unbekannt gebliebener Anecd.

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Leben Pauls des Ersten Kaisers und Selbstherrschers aller Reussen. Nebst einer authentischen Geschichte der Feldzüge der Russen in Italien in der Helvetischen und Batavischen Republik gegen der Franzosen und vieler bisher unbekannt gebliebener Anecd.

Color Lithograph Wine Cellar and Residence of John C. Weinberger. St. Helena Napa Valley Cal

La Dernière Incarnation de Vautrin. The Last Incarnation of Vautrin.

Title in Russian followed on the same page by: Traité dalliance défensive conclu entre leurs majestés Empereur de toutes les Russies et le Roi de Prusse le 16/28 Juillet 1800.

The Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II.

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Leben Pauls des Ersten Kaisers und Selbstherrschers aller Reussen. Nebst einer authentischen Geschichte der Feldzüge der Russen in Italien in der Helvetischen und Batavischen Republik gegen der Franzosen und vieler bisher unbekannt gebliebener Anecd.

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Leben Pauls des Ersten Kaisers und Selbstherrschers aller Reussen. Nebst einer authentischen Geschichte der Feldzüge der Russen in Italien in der Helvetischen und Batavischen Republik gegen der Franzosen und vieler bisher unbekannt gebliebener Anecd.

Color Lithograph Wine Cellar and Residence of John C. Weinberger. St. Helena Napa Valley Cal

La Dernière Incarnation de Vautrin. The Last Incarnation of Vautrin.

Title in Russian followed on the same page by: Traité dalliance défensive conclu entre leurs majestés Empereur de toutes les Russies et le Roi de Prusse le 16/28 Juillet 1800.

The Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II.

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Title in Russian followed on the same page by: Traité dalliance défensive conclu entre leurs majestés Empereur de toutes les Russies et le Roi de Prusse le 16/28 Juillet 1800.