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Auguste Racinet (1825-1893). Le costume historique. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1888. 6 vols. J20, v.6 fasc.2, pls. 438-439
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The Emperor's Wearing Clothes! An Internet search under August Racinet will bring up beautiful reprints of Le costume historique, a prime resource for theatrical designers. This set is of the "Grand édition," published in 1888, the plates in…
Augustin de Meyerberg (1612-1688). Sammlung von Ansichten auf seiner Reise in Russland in 1661 und 1662. St. Petersburg: R. Adelung, 1827 H287
Winter Notes on Summer Impressions... Austrian diplomat Augustin de Mayerberg was sent 1661-1662 by Emperor Leopold I to mediate in the fight between Russia and Poland over the Ukraine. The diplomatic mission failed but one happy result was this…
Augustus Bozzi Granville (1783-1872). St. Petersburg. A journal of travels to and from that capital. 2d ed., carefully revised and with considerable additions. London: H. Colburn 1829. 2 vols. C9755, v.1
The Double... The statue of The Bronze Horseman (= Peter the Great, the inspired hero, rash, speedy, proud, majestic, handsome, and yes, six and a half feet tall in real life!) symbolized a powerful upsurge in Russian energy (and the horse and his…