[COPY OF THE EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA ] - Lot 147

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[COPY OF THE EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA ] Histoire du régiment des Chevaliers-gardes de Sa Majesté de l'année 1724 jusqu'au premier juillet 1851. Ed. de la typographie militaire, St. Petersburg, 1851. CXXXV (135 pp.), large folio, endpapers decorated with blue moiré. Includes one illustration (a watercolor drawing by artist Fyodor Solntsev (1801-1892)). Beautifully bound book. Bound in pearl-colored moiré decorated with the coat of arms of the "Alexandria" cottage at Peterhof Palace. The coat of arms is in gilded and enameled metal (significant enamel loss). Feodor Grigorievich SOLNTSEV (1801-1892) - painter, restorer, architect and historian. A specialist in artistic archaeology, he was one of the theorists of the Russo-Byzantine eclectic style. Responsible for the publication "Antiquities of the Russian State", then for the artistic design of the Grand Kremlin Palace. Solntsev's works are extremely rare on the market, and several such drawings are part of the Russian Museum collection. Histoire du régiment des Chevaliers-gardes de Sa Majesté" was published in St. Petersburg in 1851. Its publication coincided with the 25th anniversary of Emperor Nicholas I's patronage of the regiment. The book tells the story of the regiment from its formation to 1851. The book is very rare on the market. His Majesty's Regiment des Chevaliers-gardes is one of the most prestigious regiments in the Imperial Army. It distinguished itself heroically in many of the battles of the War of 1812. It was virtually destroyed at Austerlitz and took part in the Battle of Moscova (Borodino). From the start of Nicholas I's reign, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna became the regiment's appointed commander, and from 1831 onwards, the regiment was called Her Majesty's Regiment of Knight Guards. During the reign of Nicholas I, this cavalry regiment was regularly present at court and took part in numerous ceremonies. The Chevaliers-gardes took part in the First World War (including the "Brousilovski" breakthrough). Part of the regiment supported the White Movement during the Civil War. HIS MAJESTY'S PRIVATE LIBRARY The Alexandria dacha was built for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1798-1860) to a design by architect Adam Menelas in the Gothic style. A coat of arms depicts a sword passing through a wreath of white roses. The coat of arms is surrounded by the motto "For faith, the czar and the fatherland". It decorated the façade of the cottage, and later all the porcelain and glassware in the Alexandria Palace. The time when the book collection first appeared in the Cottage Palace is a very interesting period in Peterhof's history, linked to the years of Emperor Nicholas I's reign. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's library occupies a special place here. The room specially designed for the library was located on the first floor of the palace. One wall of the interior was entirely occupied by shelves, containing around a thousand volumes. The library consisted of books used by the empress and her entourage during their summer stays at the cottage. This collection reflected the desire of Nicholas I and his wife to have all the latest European novelties in their library. The bulk of the collection consisted of numerous collections of works by contemporary Western European authors. It also included books on the genealogy of the imperial houses of Europe and on the lives of monarchs, which were an indispensable part of imperial libraries in general. There were also books with religious content and numerous "pocket books". The imperial family was also interested in the works of Russian writers, but books in Russian made up the smallest part of this particular library. Among these were excerpts from the prose works of the best Russian writers, 1829 edition; the posthumous edition of A.S. Pushkin's works, 1838-1841; the works of M.Y. Lermontov, published in 1847; the first edition of Gogol's "Revizor", 1836. Alongside the collection known as the "Library of Alexandra Feodorovna", the Cottage Pavilion at Peterhof Palace gradually built up a collection of books on military subjects, maps and plans, albums with drawings of uniforms, and legislative and reference works necessary for Nicholas I's work. A number of publications were presented to His Majesty by the Chevaliers-gardes regiment. In 1826, for example, the regimental commander presented the
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