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A collection of three albums containing poetry and drawings, many by the Russian poet Mikhail Iur'evich Lermontov.

A collection of three albums containing poetry and drawings, many by the Russian poet Mikhail I. Lermantov. Album 1, 1808-1822, belonged to Elizaveta Arkadievna Annenkova-Vereshchagina. It contains poems by Russian and French poets. Some of the verses by Russian poets are copies; others are autographs. Many poems have penciled annotations identifying the poets who wrote them. These notes were added at a later date and their accuracy can not be trusted. In addition to verses, this album contains numerous drawings, none of which have been attributed to or identified as works of Lermontov. Other poets whose works are identified include N. Vakhrameev, Ivan Dmitriev, Dawidoff, A. Guselnikov, Zhukosky, Popov, Vasily Kapnist, Princess Nadzhda Golitsnya, and S. Martinoff.

Collection consists of four imperial patents: by Anna I, promoting Cavril Dmitriev to the rank of major (1739); by Peter III, promoting Ivan Dmitriev to the rank of captain (1762); by Catherine II, appointing Ivan Dmitriev to the rank of ensign (1787); and by Alexander I, appointing Ivan Dmitriev to the rank of privy councillor (1810). The latter two may concern Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev (1760-1837), Minister of Justice under Alexander I.