Leather-bound gift book "The Story of Peter the Great"

Russian Russian historian, professor of the University of Dorpat Alexander Gustavovich Brickner's The History of Peter the Great is a real encyclopedia of Peter's time, an unbiased look at Peter's reforms and their importance for the consolidation of Russian statehood. Since its appearance, Brickner's book has become a notable phenomenon in Russian and foreign public life. The events of one of the most interesting, controversial and intriguing epochs of Russian history are presented in it at the highest artistic level and at the same time flawlessly from the point of view of the selection of factual material.
The illustrative series of the publication has also been carefully prepared: portraits of the emperor and his associates are given from the most reliable originals, views of cities, buildings, and localities from the originals of the XVIII century, costumes and everyday scenes accurately reproduce the flavor of the stormy Peter the Great era Illustrations by Alexander Brickner, a Russian historian, originally from Germany, was educated in Germany. He lectured at St. Petersburg (1865-67), Novorossiysk (1867-72), Dorpat (1872-91) and Kazan (1891) universities. Since 1891 he lived in Jena and was mainly engaged in the history of Russia.