RUSSIA] - FRENCH-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE - Approximately 350 lamina - Lot 651

RUSSIA] - FRENCH-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE - Approximately 350 laminated pieces concerning the French-Russian alliance. Carefully calligraphed titles: '' Les Fêtes franco-russes en images. Cherbourg, Paris, Chalons, Octobre 1896.'' Collection formed by Francis Greppe, bookseller in Paris, rue de Chateaudun, with his bookplate on pl. page. His son Pascal, who prepared the two volumes, dated them April 16, 1897. The documents, virtually all in color, are mostly full-page or double-page. Paris, c. 1896. 2 vol. in-folio 40 X 30 cm, dark green half-marble with corners. Contains numerous portraits of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, including several iconic images in glossy chromo, the Grand Duchess Olga (chromolithog.) - programs of festivities organized in honor of Russian sovereigns - last review spent in Péterbourg by Tsar Alexander III - Russian imperial family (6 chromos) - Tsar Nicholas II in Cherbourg, double page - the Russian army, 14 vignettes in chromolithog. - set of cards depicting Russian army uniforms - the Life of Their Majesties of Russia, 24 pp. booklet. - l'Art héraldique et les titres de noblesse en Russie, by Count Allez d'Arros, Paris, 1895, 14 pp. - issues of L'Illustration and Le Monde illustré - Le Tsar en France, Paris, Félix Juven, 49 ff. ill. in color. - Poster of the 2nd arrondissement, Franco-Russian celebrations, double page - Le Panorama. Les cinq journées russes. Paris, Ludovic Baschet, 24 ff. in color. - La revue navale de Cherbourg. The emperor of Russia and the president of the republic aboard the cuirassier Hoche, double page - interior of the Russian imperial train - program of official festivities - laying of the foundation stone of the Alexander III bridge, 4 color plates. - program for the reception at the Hôtel de Ville - La Revue illustrée. Les cinq journées russe, 15 ff. - portrait of Félix Faure - itinerary program (Paris) - Franco-Russian silk handkerchief - Café Riche menu - catalog of ''L'express franco-russe'' cycles, chromolithog. - numerous postcards, some addressed to Pascal Greppe - heraldic crest of the Alliance of the French Republic with the Russian Empire - Franco-Russian alliance game of the goose, on folded double page - Alexander III, equestrian portrait - songs and music scores, approx. 25 color plates. - many color caricatures by H. Pille, Fertom, Bobb, Fernand Fau, Léandre, Pépin, Vignola. We distinguish Jean Veber, Roubille, Willette, Ibels, Gyp, Caran d'Ache - La Vérité sur le voyage du tsar en France, 4 pl. en coul. - Almanacs for 1897, 1898 - Le Petit Bleu du Matin, ''numéro saisi en Alsace-Lorraine'' - etc., etc. Bookplate Robert Perreau, Meaux.