ALEXANDER II. A GRANT OF INVESTITURE [GRAMOTA] in favour of General, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland Count Alexander Nikolayevitch Lüders (1790-1874), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Alexander’ and dated 30 May 1866

ALEXANDER II. A GRANT OF INVESTITURE [GRAMOTA] in favour of General, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland Count Alexander Nikolayevitch Lüders (1790-1874), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Alexander’ and dated 30 May 1866

Illuminated manuscript on paper, in Russian, 22 pages, 565 x 435 mm., the first page with the name and style of Emperor Alexander II (r. 1855-1881) in gold lettering, the border with coats-of-arms of towns, principalities and provinces amid Gothic architectural ornaments, the final page with the signature of Alexander II and date, with silk endpapers and guards, bound in the green velvet folder applied with the Imperial eagle in gilt-metal thread on the front and initial \'A II\' on the reverse, within oak-leaf border (lacking seal), contained within a later wood case

23 x 18 1/8 in. (58.5 x 46 cm.)