Starinnye gerby rossiiskikh gorodov i zemel' (Coats of arms of cities and regions of the Russian State)
St. Petersburg: Istoricheskaia illiustratsiia, 2014. sewn cl. This is the first publication to study on the basis of all published works, especially authoritative prerevolutionary texts, the accuracy of heraldric symbols used in Russia. Introduced by Peter the Great, heraldic emblems played a part in the identity of towns and regions of the Russian Empire; they originate from the early eighteenth to the late nineteenth century and combine in artistic and imaginative imagery the distinctive identity of a town; St. Petersburg, for example, being a port on the Baltic Sea and at the mouth of the Neva River, has crossing anchors on its emblem, one a sea anchor and one a river anchor. 318 p., approx. 450 color illus., Rus. with title page in ENGLISH. Item #736
ISBN: 9785895661383
Price: $82.00