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[CORONATION. NICHOLAS II, Tsar (1868-1918)]. Svyashchennoe Venchanie na Tsartsvo Gosudarya Imperatora Nikolaya II. [The Sacred Coronation of the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II and the Sovereign Empress Alexandra Feodorovna]. [Moscow:] A.A. Levenson, 1896. [With:] Vsepresvetleishii Derzhavneishii Velikii Gosudar Imperator Nikolai Aleksandrovich. [His Most Radiant, Most Powerful, Great Sovereign the Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich is pleased to announce the most sacred coronation of his Imperial Majesty and Her Highness the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna]. Moscow: A.A. Levenson, 1896. Nicholas II's Coronation proclamation, with a large and decorative menu of the coronation feast held for new Tsar. The last coronation service in Russia was held in May 1896 for Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, who would be the final Tsar and Tsaritsa of Russia. In a complex, day-long ceremony imbued with centuries-old ritual Russian, Nicholas II was presented with the Imperial regalia, objects which survived the subsequent Russian Revolution; in addition to the regalia carried in previous coronation, Nicholas II was also presented with the Silk Imperial Crown of Russia, as a coronation gift of the Russian Empire, intended as private Imperial property. The coronation banquet was held on the evening of his coronation, in the Granovitaya Palata, council chamber of Muscovite rulers. Long broadside 2° (880 x 272mm). Chromolithograph after Viktor Vasnetsov printed on laid paper in gold and various colours, folded once as issued (a few creases to the lower part). Broadside 2° (400 x 272mm). Chromolithograph after A. Petrov-Ropet, printed in gold and various colours (small clored tear to upper margin, 2 horizontal creases from folding); both mounted and in a gilt frame.