Dimitri Nikolaïevtich BLOUDOV (1785-1864), Count. Les dernières heures de la vie de l'Empereur Nicolas I Beautiful work in French, printed by M. Auer in Vienna, 1855. Edition cover, engraving of the tsar's portrait as frontispiece, and 3 lithographs at the end of the book depicting his cabinet, himself on his deathbed and his funeral. Small format in-4°, 25 pages, frontispiece leaf and 3 illustration leaves.

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