Author: Raskin, A.
Title: Gorod Lomonosov. Dvortsovo-Parkovye Ansambli XVIII Veka
Description: Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1979. First edition; 8 x 10 ½; pp. [5], 6-136, [2]; original glossy pictorial boards; rubbing to lower right corner and a chip to back cover at spine, else very minor wear; illustrated with full-page color plates, in-line photographs, and drawings; summaries and legends in Russian, English, French, and German; very good or better. The Lomonosov estate, also known as Oranienbaum - is the oldest of the imperial palaces around Saint Petersburg. It was also the only one of the royal residences to escape Nazi capture during the Great Patriotic War. Possibly the most opulent of the Russian palaces, it was established by Peter the Great’s closest adviser Prince Menshikov. Used as a hospice in the 1700s after Menshikov’s death, the estate was given as a gift to Peter III. By the end of the 18th and throughout the 19th centuries the complex was alternately used as a Naval Cadet College, a royal summer residence, and a museum. Though never captured during the war, the palace and the gardens were bombarded and the restoration and preservation did not begin in earnest until the last several decades. Ill.: 0. 2.

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