Israel Perlstein collection relating to Imperial Russia, 1613-1914.
- 75 items. 6 containers. 4 linear feet.
- Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Pal'menbach Family Records, 1695-1875; Series 2: Land Grants and Patents of Nobility, 1613-1865; and Series 3: Imperial Memorabilia, 1883-1914.
Open to research.
Russian land grant charters; Russian and Swedish imperial patents of nobility; Pal'menbach family papers; invitations, menus, programs, press passes, and other memorabilia of journalist Mikhail Andreevich Zaguliaev from the 1896 coronation of Emperor Nicholas II; and other certificates, documents, and printed material. Much of the material is noted for exemplifying Russian calligraphy and illustration and Slavic printing methods from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Rare book dealer. Emigrated to New York, N.Y., in 1920.
Collection material chiefly in Russian and French.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009207
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 --Coronation. Zaguli͔aev, Mikhail Andreevich. Pal'menbach family.
Calligraphy--Russia. Illumination of books and manuscripts--Russia. Land grants--Russia. Printing--Slavic countries. Titles of honor and nobility--Russia. Titles of honor and nobility--Sweden.