Author: CHERNOV, VLADIMAR AND GIRARD, MARCEL.
Title: SPLENDOURS OF MOSCOW, & Its Surroundings.
Description: London. Thames & Hudson, 1967., 215 pages. 266 plates including 125 in colour. Translated by James Hogarth. Photography by Gérard Bertin. 34cm. x.26cm. Near fine condition in near fine d./w. A 4cm. tear on back bottom edge of d./w. & 3 other minor tears. Beautifully illustrated with engravings & illustrations from the past, & modern photographs. Many illustrations are double page, some are folded, some tipped in. The Kremlin, Lenin's Tomb, the Bolshoi etc., great architecture, writers, composers, artists, their paintings, churches & icons, palaces, their interiors & furniture. A truly beautiful book, printed in Geneva by The Nagel Publishers/Press. (Heavy) 1967

Keywords: Russia, Kremlin, Lenin, Tsars, St.Basil's Cathedral, Tolstoy


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