Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill - A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - 1956
No. 81921389
E. Demidoff prince San Donato - Hunting trips in the Caucaso - 1898
No. 81921389
E. Demidoff prince San Donato - Hunting trips in the Caucaso - 1898
Very hard to find first Edition - original binding all illustrations are present.
Number of pages 324
Dimensions 24x17 cm
Case not present.
1898. Hunting Trips in the Caucasus by Russian Count Elim Demidoff (Prince San Donato) - Speculating in 1895 about the richest man on earth, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that "the wealth of Russian Industrialist Elim Demidoff is beyond calculation.
Printed in the UK. 319 pages, plus illustrations. This is a very detailed account of the travel accommodations, history, animals and people of the Caucasus of the Russian Empire at the turn of the century into the 20th century while the Tsar was in power. There are numerous pictures as well as some prints This is printed in 1898 by Rowland Ward in London. The corners are slightly bumped. There is a pocket for the large folded map on the inside back cover. All of the pages seem to be intact and connected to the spine.
Count Elim Pavlovich Demidov, 3rd Prince of San Donato (Елим Павлович Демидов; 6 August 1868, Hietzing suburb of Vienna – 28 March 1943, Athens) of the Demidov industrial family, was the Russian Empire's last Ambassador to Greece, where he and his wife remained in exile.
Elim Demidov was the son of Princess Maria Meshcherskaya and Pavel Pavlovitch Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato. His mother descended from indigenous princes of the Finnic peoples of Meshchera and Mordovia, died two days after his birth, whilst Elim's paternal grandmother was the Finnish beauty and philanthropist lady Aurora Stjernvall. His father died when young Elim was just 18 years old. Speculating in 1895 about the richest man on earth, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that "the wealth of Elim Demidoff is beyond calculation. In the early 20th century, Emperor Nicholas II sent prince Elim as the Russian ambassador to the Greek court. His Greek connections played a role when he arranged his nephew Prince Paul of Yugoslavia to marry Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark in 1923.
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