Illustrations: Numerous engravings by I.A. Sokolov (no. 5 after Elias Grimmel), G.A. Kachalov and C.A. Wortmann, depicting processions, triumphal arches, regalia, ceremonies, etc., and 2 mezzotints (portrait frontispiece by Johann Stenglin after Louis Caravaque, and fireworks display, no. 45). Captions and artists' signatures in Russian.--NYPL.