LOT 495
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Lot 495
AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PRAYER BOOK BELONGING TO TSAREVICH ALEXI NIKOLAEVICH, CIRCA 1910. Comprising an Akathist book on the Three Hierarchs published in St. Petersburg in 1910 as presented to the Tsarevich with purple velvet covers and embossed gilt cross on front. The interior with lengthy dedicatory inscription, “To His Imperial Highness the Heir Tsarevich Grand Duke Alexei Nikolaevich, Chief Commander [Ataman] of the Don and All Cossack Armies, From the loyal subject [and] publisher of these books, Konstantin Semernikov, Abbot of the Cell of Holy John Chrysostom on the Holy Mount of Athos at the Iviron Monastery.” Additionally the inside front cover with old hand-written Soviet inventory collection label inscribed in Russian "Alexandro[ovsky] palace quar[ters] [of] the heir's classroom. No. 747." 9.75 inches x 6.75 inches (25 x 17 cm).
Estimate:
$500 - 1,000
€ 350 - 700
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