Gusyev, Vladimir and Yevgenia Petrova — The Russian Museum: A Centennial Celebration

St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, Palace Editions, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, sunned along top edges, furling thereto and a bit of splitting, else fully intact, not price-clipped. Bright, clean, unmarked interior, and with 295 plates in full-color, mostly full-page. From the publisher's blurb, "Founded in Saint Petersburg in 1898 by Czar Nicholas II, the Russian Museum was established to offer the public an unmatched treasure: a complete history of the country's arts, from superb medieval icons to the most interesting provocations of the emerging avant-garde." [4], 5- 263 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Good,