Russian Books from Special Collections:

The Andre L. de Saint-Rat Collection of Russian History, Literature and Art is a part of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Library at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This library is in a separate suite on the third floor of King Library, and houses rare, unique, and valuable books, manuscripts and other research materials. Several items have been selected from the de Saint-Rat and other collections. Title pages, illustrations, and decorative covers appear below.

First page. Title page and illustration on page 93. Description of the Personages Attending the Celebration of the Wedding....

Second page. Title page, Moscow (p. 33), and St. Petersburg (p. 49). Coats of Arms of the Provinces and Regions of the Russian Empire.

Third page. Title page and facing portrait, and illustration opposite p. 32. Historical, Geographic and Topographic Description of St. Petersburg....

Fourth page. Title page and fold out map opposite p. 1 of the first section. Description of the City of St. Petersburg....

Fifth page. Title page and illustration opposite p. 97. Memorable Objects of St. Petersburg....

Sixth page. Decorative covers. The History of the Apsheronskii Regiment and Coronation in Moscow.

Seventh page. Title page and one of the portraits. Seventeen Portraits.

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The images from the books were scanned by Ross Shanley-Roberts. Many thanks to Paul Mitchell, who acted as consultant. The annotations were written by Jenny Presnell. This series of pages was last modified on March 9th, 2001 by Sue Wortman (wortmash@muohio.edu)

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