PAUL I, Tsar of Russia. Ustanovlenie o Rossiskikh Imperatorskikh Ordenakh [Establishment of Russian Imperial Orders]. [51] leaves, comprising title, 12 leaves of text, and 38 plates of insignia and costumes. ENTIRELY ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT, with each

PAUL I, Tsar of Russia. Ustanovlenie o Rossiskikh Imperatorskikh Ordenakh [Establishment of Russian Imperial Orders]. [51] leaves, comprising title, 12 leaves of text, and 38 plates of insignia and costumes. ENTIRELY ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT, with each page within Greek- key ornamental border incorporating imperial monogram. Folio, 469x315mm, contemporary sheep, heavily worn, spine ends chipped; light marginal soiling throughout, dampstaining in lower outer corners mainly affecting text leaves, few early marginalia in text, lacks rear free endpaper. [Moscow, 1797] E2000-3000 "The edict of regulations for wearing the orders of SS. Andrew, Catherine, Aleksandr Nevskii, and Anna of various degrees, with illustrations of the correct dress for men and women, signed by the Emperor of 5th April 1797 in the first year of his reign"-Sementchenkoff sale 555. Svodnyi Katalog 7624; Smirdin 1755.