KORONATSIONNYI SBORNIK. (Coronation Album [of Nicholas II]) [Presentation Copy to Her Excellency Anna Dmitrievna Shipova]. By Vasily Silovich Krivenko. Saint Petersburg: Ekspeditsiya zagotovleniya gosudarstvennykh bumag (State Paper Manufacturers), 1899.2 volumes, folio (17 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.; 438 x 342 mm). In the first volume 71 color (heightened with gold and silver) and black and white plates from originals by Benois, Vasnetsov,Lebedev, Makovsky, Repin, Riabushkin and Serov, 3 folding plates by Samokish and Vasilkovsky, in the second volume 57 photographic plates with printed tissue guards depicting members of the Imperial family and distinguished guests, and 18 color plates of titles, coronation menus and invitations; lower outer corner of half title and gutter margin of half title and frontispiece in second volume strengthened with tissue, occasional spots and soiling. Publisher’s green cloth decorated in gold and colors, one silver medallion on each volume depicting Nicholas and Alexandra with a double-headed eagle, edges gilt; head and foot of spines torn. Complete with the folding menu after Vasnetsov's original design. A page preceding the title page presenting the book to "Eya Prevoskhoditel'stva Anny Dmietrivny Shipovoi" PROVENANCE: Anna Dmitrievna Shipova, Lady-in-waiting to Princess Eugenia Maximilianova Romanovskaya, wife of Prince Alexander von Oldenburg; Saint Nicholas Old Orthodox Church (embossed library stamp on first free endpapers); Sotheby's, Sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana, June 21, 2007, New York, Lot 165; Private Collection (Acquired at the above sale by the present owner)/ This rare original Russian edition of a work commonly found in French translation, provides an historical review of Russian coronations and an elaborate description of the Coronation of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.