Description:
French Book with Tsar Nicholas II's Bookplate and Cipher, c. 1907, titled Chantecler, Paris 1910, the tooled cipher designed by Baron Armin Folkersam, the bookplate from His Majesty's own library, possibly at the Winter Palace.
Provenance: Purchased from Svetlana Aronov, New York.
Estimate $200-400
Age-typical wear to binding and boards. Toning to paper.
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