Л. А. Карнаухова, Н. А. Марченко, М. К. Гуренок, Н. Н. Скорнякова Saint-Petersburg — Moscow (подарочное издание)

Стильно оформленное подарочное издание в кожаном переплете с блинтовым и серебряным тиснением на обложке и трехсторонним серебряным обрезом.

The picture book «Saint-Petersburg — Moscow. Picturesque Journey from the Northern Capital to the Ancient Capital» is not just (mother conventional coffee-table book.

It is a kaleidoscopically varied presentation of engravings, water colors, an drawings created by the artists in the 18 and 19 centuries, as well as extracts from travel journals, diaries, and tellers of the diplomats, authors, musicians, and famous travelers whose sincere, precise and sometimes quite unexpected comments and observations enliven the pictorial «evidence» presented in the book pages. We shall gel glimpses of the Russian road scenes through the eyes of the famous Russian authors Aleksandr Radishchev and Aleksandr Pushkin, as well as such distinguished foreign visitors to Russia as Theophile Gautier.

Leon de Bussier. Astolphe de Custine, Robert…