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Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918) Romanov Family Photo Album. Large-format album with large black-and-white portraits of the royal family assassinated by the Bolsheviks during the February Revolution in July of 1918, including portraits of Nicholas II; his wife Alexandra Feodorovna [Alix of Hesse and by Rhine] (1872-1918); Nicholas's mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna [Dagmar of Denmark] (1847-1928); and the Romanov children, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918); Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895-1918); Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897-1918); Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918); and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901-1918); the binding produced in Russia, with captions and bookseller's label in Russian, binding damaged, photographs vary in size, album pages 16 x 11 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,200
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Keywords
Nicholas II, Alexei Nikolaevich, Nicholas, DenmarkJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
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