Стильно оформленное подарочное издание, представляющее собой богато иллюстрированный альбом в футляре. Издание дополняет трехсторонний золотой обрез. The name of St Petersburg brings to mind the White Nights, world famous ballet company, renowned bridges and unsurpassed fountains of Peterhof. However anyone who knows even little of it can never doubt the fact that it is primarily the city of fabulously rich palaces which are most comprehensively and in a variety of aspects are represented in this edition, first of its kind. The present art book covers a brilliant galaxy of palatial structures, including royal and ducal residences, stately houses of the high aristocracy, mansions of the nobility and bourgeois. The authors describe not only urban palaces but those located in the suburbs which are in no way inferior or less interesting. The focus is less on their architectural characteristics but more on what took place inside them, behind their magnificent facades, in their...
Stilno oformlennoe podarochnoe izdanie, predstavljajuschee soboj bogato illjustrirovannyj albom v futljare. Izdanie dopolnjaet trekhstoronnij zolotoj obrez. The name of St Petersburg brings to mind the White Nights, world famous ballet company, renowned bridges and unsurpassed fountains of Peterhof. However anyone who knows even little of it can never doubt the fact that it is primarily the city of fabulously rich palaces which are most comprehensively and in a variety of aspects are represented in this edition, first of its kind. The present art book covers a brilliant galaxy of palatial structures, including royal and ducal residences, stately houses of the high aristocracy, mansions of the nobility and bourgeois. The authors describe not only urban palaces but those located in the suburbs which are in no way inferior or less interesting. The focus is less on their architectural characteristics but more on what took place inside them, behind their magnificent facades, in their...
