915 - Europe - Russia - Shil'der, Nikolai K. Emperor Nicholas I: His Life and Reign. (Emperor Nicholas I: His Life and Reign). 2 parts, each with a supplement (all published material), in 2 volumes. With a total of 40 plates (including 23 chromolithographs and 3 double-sheet plates) and 29 facsimiles (including 7 double-sheet facsimiles), as well as numerous other illustrations. Saint Petersburg, A. S. Suvorin, 1903. 3 leaves, 800 pp.; 2 leaves, 820 pp. 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Original half-leather bindings with gold-stamped spine titles and heraldic gilding on the spine (spines lightened, somewhat rubbed, and slightly scuffed).

Europe - Russia - Shil'der, Nikolai K. Emperor Nicholas I: His Life and Reign. (Emperor Nicholas I: His Life and Reign). 2 parts, each with a supplement (all published material), in 2 volumes. With a total of 40 plates (including 23 chromolithographs and 3 double-sheet plates) and 29 facsimiles (including 7 double-sheet facsimiles), as well as numerous other illustrations. Saint Petersburg, A. S. Suvorin, 1903. 3 leaves, 800 pp.; 2 leaves, 820 pp. 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Original half-leather bindings with gold-stamped spine titles and heraldic gilding on the spine (spines lightened, somewhat rubbed, and slightly scuffed). First edition. — Slightly browned due to the paper, with light finger or brown spots in places; otherwise in very good condition. — Includes: I. Shil’der, Nikolai K. Emperor Paul I. A Historical-Biographical Sketch. (Emperor Paul the First. A Historical-Biographical Essay). With 14 (of 27) plates and 7 facsimiles, as well as numerous other illustrations. Saint Petersburg, A. S. Suvorin, 1901. 2 leaves, 606 pp. 30 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold-stamped spine label and original front cardboard cover bound into the binding (edges rubbed and bumped, headbands slightly torn, some staining). - First edition. - Several of the plates (maps, views) and one facsimile are double-page in size. The rarest of Shil'der’s historical-biographical works. - Missing 6 plates and 6 facsimiles. - Browned due to the paper, with some finger stains or brown spots in places; block slightly warped; binding loosened; inner joints split; second half with a very narrow watermark in the lower corner. - II. Shil'der, Nikolai K. and Sergei S. Tatishchev. Imperator Aleksandr II, ego zhizn’ i carstvovanie. (Emperor Alexander II, His Life and Reign). Two volumes (all published). With a total of 29 plates (including 1 portrait). Saint Petersburg, A. S. Suvorin, 1903/1911. XVIII, 496 pp.; XX, 734 pp. 29.5 x 22 cm and 27.5 x 19 cm. Original half-leather binding with gold-stamped spine and cover titles, as well as heraldic gilding on the spine and an original printed paper jacket (half-leather: spine faded, headbands with tears and small losses, edges rubbed and slightly bumped; paperback: missing rear cover, front cover’s first layer detached from the block, heavily stained, spine cracked, marginal losses). - Volume 1: second edition; Volume 2: first edition. - Volume 1: With ribbon marker and embossed full-cut edges; Volume 2: Untrimmed. - Volume 1: With 1 loose, margin-attached plate, some finger stains in places, binding loosened; Volume 2: First and last leaves loose, slight finger stains in places.