$11,400
[Plans and Details of the Monument Consecrated to the Memory of the Emperor Alexander]. Paris: chez Thierry frères, 1836. 620 x 475 mm). 41 lithographed plates and views, many lithographed vignettes in the text, contemporary half leather binding, flat spine in compartments gilt with some repairs. Original wrappers, some spotting. "This work records the construction and erection of Montferrand's winning design in the competition to build a monumental column to the memory of Alexander I for the square behind the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The project took five years to complete, from the quarrying of the sandstone column in Finland in 1829 to the inauguration of the monument on the 30th August 1834" (RIBA catalogue).
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2011-11-19