[Rarebooks] FS: 1909 Catalog of English Silver in the Czar's Collection

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"The Old English Plate of the Emperor of Russia"

By E. Alfred Jones. Privately printed by W.H. Smith & Son at the Arden
Press, Letchworth, and at XCV Fetter Lane London in 1909.

Noted silver historian E. Alfred Jones’ catalog of the English silver in
the Czar’s collection held at the Winter Palace and the Kremlin. This
remarkable collection of pieces, dating from the late 16th century to the
mid-18th, comprised the gifts of a succession of English monarchs to the
Czars of Russia, and preserved many pieces which might have been melted
down and lost during the Commonwealth period, had they remained in
England. Elegantly composed and printed.

Hardcover. 10.5”x12.5”, lvi + 115 pages, plus 50 black & white plates.
Quarter leather and brown cloth, with gilt spine title, as issued. Covers
rubbed along the edges, leather scuffed, spine head with minor chipping,
tips slightly bumped. Contents clean and fine, hinges tight.   $500.00

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