Bidspirit auction | BENCKENDORFF PAVEL: (1853–1921)

BENCKENDORFF PAVEL: (1853–1921) - BENCKENDORFF PAVEL: (1853–1921) Count Pavel Konstantinovich Benckendorff. Russian aristocrat, military officer and courtier of Baltic-German descent. An officer of the elite Chevalier Guard Regiment and aide-de-camp to Emperors Alexander II and Alexander III, he later served as Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court and became a trusted member of the entourage of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. A.L.S., Ct. Paul de Benckendorff , to the recto of a plain postcard, Saint Petersburg, n.d. (1891), to the offices of the Central Union of Decorative Arts in Paris, in French. Benckendorff writes, in full, ´Il me manque le No.4 du mois d´août 1889 de la Revue des Arts Décoratifs, ainsi que le Fascicule VI de mois d´Octobre 1889 du supplément de la Revue des Arts Décoratifs. Veuillez me les envoyer et me faire savoir le prix. Veuillez me dire si mon abonnement est fini´ (Translation: ´I am missing issue No. 4 of the Revue des Arts Décoratifs from August 1889, as well as Fascicle VI of the Revue des Arts Décoratifs supplement from October 1889. Please send them to me and let me know the price. Please also let me know whether my subscription has expired´ ). Some light overall age toning and wear, about VG