Kriepostnichestvo i volia: 1861-1911 g.g.: roskoshno-illustrirovannoe iubileinoe izdanie v pamiat' 50-lietiia so dnia osvobozhdenniia krest'ian
Moskva: 1911. Hardcover. portraits and illustrations (almost all less than full-page), ix, (3) 116, (6). 117-276p. Rebound in green buckram with almost all of the cloth from the original front cover and backstrip mounted. 35 cm. Moderate spotting and discoloration on back cover. Spine sloped. Top edge gilt. Cyrillic Russian text. Commemorated the 50th anniversary of Alexander II's issuance of his edict of emancipation ending serfdom in private employment and giving many of the emancipated serfs rights to purchase some land from their former owners. The text of the proclamation of Feb. 19, 1861 is present in this volume on three, now browned, unnumbered and somewhat higher acid paper leaves inserted, perhaps as an afterthought, between pages 116 and (117) of the book. Good. Item #93117
Cyrillic.
Price: $500.00