Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts & The Russian Tsars

27x21 cm., legatura in piena tela, titoli in oro al dorso, sopraccoperta, pp. 176, bellissime numerose illustrazioni a colori, prima edizione, in inglese, buone condizioni.

This beautiful books explores the diplomatic, trade and cultural exchanges between the courts of Britain and Russia, from the reign of Henry VIII to the Death of Charles II...presents an overview of privileged living in the sicteenth and seventeenth-centuries illustrating the lives of the leading personalities of the period...superb new photography to illustrate chapters on diplomacy, silver, merchant portaiture, miniatures, arms and armour, heraldry, textiles and jewellery by experts from the victoria and Albert Museum and the Moscow Kremlin Museum..