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Mentschikoff

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Inscriptions and textual elements: Overdr. v. H. Dilcher. Headings and text elements: Printing house v. Seijffardt's / Boekhdl. at Amsterdam. Inscriptions and textual elements: PRINCE SERGEWICH MENTSCHIKOFF. / The glorious representative of Russia, made after a daguerrotype for the State Councillor Ozeroff, in his ostentatious, as it were locked up b[...] / attire, with dented hat, paletot and crutch stick in his hand, with which he appeared / at the high Porte for an audience. Nothing finds / less excuse with the Turks than negligence against the etiquette; and had Mentschi- / koff appeared in Gala dress instead of in a Paletot, he would probably have encountered / less Opposition. Yes, in Constantinople they think / that without this unfortunate Paletot things would never have become so hot. How many a scene in the history of the world has been played by a petticoat, why not by a Russian Paletot? Inscriptions and textual elements: Price 10 Cent. Inscriptions and textual elements: from the Cartenlaube N° 47.
Catholic University of Leuven
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Title: Mentschikoff
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Inscriptions and textual elements: Overdr.
v.
H.
Dilcher.
Headings and text elements: Printing house v.
Seijffardt's / Boekhdl.
at Amsterdam.
Inscriptions and textual elements: PRINCE SERGEWICH MENTSCHIKOFF.
/ The glorious representative of Russia, made after a daguerrotype for the State Councillor Ozeroff, in his ostentatious, as it were locked up b[.
] / attire, with dented hat, paletot and crutch stick in his hand, with which he appeared / at the high Porte for an audience.
Nothing finds / less excuse with the Turks than negligence against the etiquette; and had Mentschi- / koff appeared in Gala dress instead of in a Paletot, he would probably have encountered / less Opposition.
Yes, in Constantinople they think / that without this unfortunate Paletot things would never have become so hot.
How many a scene in the history of the world has been played by a petticoat, why not by a Russian Paletot? Inscriptions and textual elements: Price 10 Cent.
Inscriptions and textual elements: from the Cartenlaube N° 47.

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