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Russia and Saint Petersburg in Gogol's time

Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen

£425

Russia and Saint Petersburg in Gogol's time
KOHL, J[ohann] G[eorg]. Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen.
Published/created in: 1841

£425

Attractive example of this unusually wide-ranging description of Russia and its northern capital, from food to libraries and many other subject matters. First edition, with its fine folding map of the city.

Image for MEYER & VELTEN, Vues pittoresques des palais et jardins impériaux...de Saint Pétersbourg. St. Petersburg, 1850s. #2

In stunning colour

MEYER J[ohann Jacob] (artist)

Vues pittoresques des palais et jardins impériaux aux Environs de St. Pétersbourg

£65,000

In stunning colour
MEYER J[ohann Jacob] (artist). Vues pittoresques des palais et jardins impériaux aux Environs de St. Pétersbourg.
Published/created in: [1850s]

£65,000

One of the best plate books on St. Petersburg, here in a fantastic example in excellent contemporary hand-colour. Beautiful and very rare.

Image for P. SVININ. Ezhedn. zapiski v Londone. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1817. #2

The first Russian book on the UK and its capital, and the start of Russian anglomania

SVININ, Pavel Petrovich

Ezhednevnyia zapiski v Londone [A Daily London Notebook]

£4,750

The first Russian book on the UK and its capital, and the start of Russian anglomania
SVININ, Pavel Petrovich. Ezhednevnyia zapiski v Londone. [A Daily London Notebook]
Published/created in: 1817

£4,750

Rare first edition of this little book giving the London impressions of a keen Russian observer, just after Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign. A fascinating read on many various themes. With interesting aristocratic provenance.

Image for Noveishii polnyi pismovnik... St. Petersburg, 1820. #2

How to write letters about everything

Noveishii polnyi pismovnik ili vseobshchyi sekretar [The Newest Complete Letter-Writing Manual, or General Secretary]

£1,750

How to write letters about everything
. Noveishii polnyi pismovnik ili vseobshchyi sekretar. [The Newest Complete Letter-Writing Manual, or General Secretary]
Published/created in: 1820

£1,750

A great resource for any Russian writing letters at the beginning of the 19th century: from love letters in verses to business and administrative correspondance, or official letters to the highest-ranked people, everything is included in this rare work. No copy of this edition traced outside Russia.

Image for I. GONCHAROV. Obryv. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1870. #2

"This is the child of my heart"

GONCHAROV, Ivan

Obryv [The Precipice]

£2,500

"This is the child of my heart"
GONCHAROV, Ivan. Obryv. [The Precipice]
Published/created in: 1870

£2,500

First edition in book form of this novel, Goncharov's last. A fresh, crisp example.

Image for Charles P. de KOCK. La Laitière de Montfermeil in Russian, first edition. Skt. Peterburg, 1832. #2

French peasants in Russian literature

KOK, Pol de [Charles Paul de KOCK]

Monfermelskaia molochnitsa [La Laitière de Montfermeil]

£1,450

French peasants in Russian literature
KOK, Pol de [Charles Paul de KOCK]. Monfermelskaia molochnitsa. [La Laitière de Montfermeil]
Published/created in: 1832

£1,450

First Russian edition, rare, in an attractive copy. A great example of cross-cultural literary exchange at the time of some of the best Russian literature.

Image for S. UVAROV. Stein and Pozzo di Borgo. First edition in English, inscribed by the translator. London, 1847. #2

Foreign aristocrats serving in Russia at the start of the 19th c.

OUVAROFF, Count [Sergei Semenovich UVAROV]

Stein and Pozzo di Borgo as portrayed by His Excellency Count Ouvaroff, Minister of Public Instuction in the Russian Empire

£395

Foreign aristocrats serving in Russia at the start of the 19th c.
OUVAROFF, Count [Sergei Semenovich UVAROV]. Stein and Pozzo di Borgo as portrayed by His Excellency Count Ouvaroff, Minister of Public Instuction in the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1847

£395

Interesting historical sketch by and of important statesmen, here inscribed by the translator to Napoleon III. A rare essay.

Image for F. DOSTOEVSKY, Zapiski iz mertvago doma. First edition, in Russian, St. Petersburg, 1862. #2

An "unsurpassed work of Russian and world literature" (Lenin)

DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor

Zapiski iz mertvago doma [Memoirs from the House of the Dead]

£6,750

An "unsurpassed work of Russian and world literature" (Lenin)
DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor. Zapiski iz mertvago doma. [Memoirs from the House of the Dead]
Published/created in: 1862

£6,750

First complete edition of Dostoevsky's famous work, here in a contemporary Russian binding and good condition.

Image for [COMMISSION ON LAWS]. Mémoire...à l'organisation de la Commission des Lois... First edition, St. Petersburg, 1804. #2

Reforming the laws of the empire

[LOPUKHIN, Prince Petr, and Nikolai NOVOSILTSEV]

Mémoire Presenté par le Ministère de la Justice Relativement à L'Organisation de la Comission des Lois [...] Suivi d'un Extrait des Rapports [...] sur les Travaux de Cette Commission. Première Partie [All published]

£5,750

Reforming the laws of the empire
[LOPUKHIN, Prince Petr, and Nikolai NOVOSILTSEV]. Mémoire Presenté par le Ministère de la Justice Relativement à L'Organisation de la Comission des Lois [...] Suivi d'un Extrait des Rapports [...] sur les Travaux de Cette Commission. Première Partie [All published].
Published/created in: 1804

£5,750

A fundamental work at the source of a clarification and homogenisation of the laws of the Russian empire at the turn of the 19th century. An excellent copy of this very rare publication: only one copy traced of this French issue of the first edition (Göttingen).

Image for F.de R***. Fables en vers. Barante's copy of the first edition. St. Petersburg, 1835. #2

Rare and beautiful

F. J. E. de R***

Fables en vers

£3,500

Rare and beautiful
F. J. E. de R***. Fables en vers.
Published/created in: 1835

£3,500

An exceptionnally rare French publication in Russia at the heart of the Golden Age and a few years before Custine's famous travel, with a long preface expressing the author's political views. With great provenance and finely bound.

Image for E. ZICHY. Travels to the Caucasus and Central Asia. First edition, in French and Hungarian. Budapest, 1897. #2

Extensive ethnography of the peoples of the Caucasus

ZICHY, Eugene [Jenő], Dr. Jean [Janos] JANKO and Dr. Bela POSTA

Kaukaìzuri eìs Közeìpaìzsiai utazaìsai. Voyages au Caucase et en Asie Centrale : La Migration de la race Hongroise [et] La Description des collections

£1,950

Extensive ethnography of the peoples of the Caucasus
ZICHY, Eugene [Jenő], Dr. Jean [Janos] JANKO and Dr. Bela POSTA. Kaukaìzuri eìs Közeìpaìzsiai utazaìsai. Voyages au Caucase et en Asie Centrale : La Migration de la race Hongroise [et] La Description des collections.
Published/created in: 1897

£1,950

Fine copy of this great scholarly work on the population of the Caucasus, richly illustrated. First edition.

Image for N.A. BUTMI. Tainyia obshchestva i Iudei. First edition, Shanghai, 1934. #2

Russian fascist printing in Shanghai

BUTMI, N.A

Tainyia Obshchestva i Iudei [Secret Societies and the Jews]

£475

Russian fascist printing in Shanghai
BUTMI, N.A. Tainyia Obshchestva i Iudei. [Secret Societies and the Jews]
Published/created in: January 1934

£475

Rare booklet of 'great Russian patriotism', covering one of the favorite themes of a part of the émigré community. Printed in China by Russians with Nazi sympathies.

Image for E. WEISMANN and others. German-Latin-Russian Dictionary. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1731. #2

The first significant German-Russian dictionary

WEISMANN, Erich and others

Teutsch lateinisch und Russisches Lexicon, Samt Denen Anfangs-Gründen der Rußischen Sprache. Nemetsko-Latinskii i Ruskii Leksikon kupno s pervymi nachalami ruskago iazyka

£4,500

The first significant German-Russian dictionary
WEISMANN, Erich and others. Teutsch lateinisch und Russisches Lexicon, Samt Denen Anfangs-Gründen der Rußischen Sprache. Nemetsko-Latinskii i Ruskii Leksikon kupno s pervymi nachalami ruskago iazyka.
Published/created in: 1731

£4,500

Fresh example of this rare, imposing and early German-Latin-Russian dictionary, one of only 11 Russian works printed in Russia that year. One of the earliest works in German printed in Russia.

Image for E. ZIABLOVSKII. Rossiiskaia statistika. First edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1832. #2

Pushkin's Russia in figures

ZIABLOVSKII, Evdokim

Rossiiskaia statistika [Statistics of Russia]

£1,750

Pushkin's Russia in figures
ZIABLOVSKII, Evdokim. Rossiiskaia statistika. [Statistics of Russia]
Published/created in: 1832

£1,750

Fascinating read about Russia under Tsar Alexander I, the Russia which saw Napoleon, Krylov, Griboedov, Pushkin... Atrractive example of the first edition, with a wealth of information on all themes. Very rare in the West.

Image for GORCHAKOV. Sionskie protokoly. Paris, 1927. #2

One of the most famous and enduring conspiracy theories

[GORCHAKOV, M.K., Prince (publisher)]

Sionskie protokoly [The Protocols of Zion]

£650

One of the most famous and enduring conspiracy theories
[GORCHAKOV, M.K., Prince (publisher)]. Sionskie protokoly. [The Protocols of Zion]
Published/created in: 1927

£650

Paris edition of these famous 'protocols', here with its cover showing a "forbidden" photography of the "Jewish government in Russia", with Trotsky and Sverdlov in the front row.

Image for ATKINSON. Oriental and Western Siberia. First edition, London, 1858 #2

'South to the Great Steppe' - with his wife

ATKINSON, Thomas William

Oriental and Western Siberia: A narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia

£850

'South to the Great Steppe' - with his wife
ATKINSON, Thomas William. Oriental and Western Siberia: A narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia.
Published/created in: 1858

£850

Pleasant copy of the first edition of this famous, extensive description of Central Asia at the heart of the Great Game.

Image for HERBERSTEIN, ODERBORN and others. Rerum Moscoviticarum. Francfort, 1600. In contemporary binding. #3

Russia in the 16th century Russia - with the three maps

HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von, Paulo GIOVIO, Paul ODERBORN and others

Rerum Moscoviticarum auctores varii, unum in corpus nunc primum congesti

£6,500

Russia in the 16th century Russia - with the three maps
HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von, Paulo GIOVIO, Paul ODERBORN and others. Rerum Moscoviticarum auctores varii, unum in corpus nunc primum congesti.
Published/created in: 1600

£6,500

Important edition gathering Herberstein's famous description of early Russia together with other related works, to give a wide-ranging understanding of Muscovy. With aristocratic provenance, in contemporary binding, and complete with its famous illustrations and maps, including Moscow's first printed plan.

Image for RYNKIEWICZ Family. Ms. documents for its 'szlachta' status. Vilnius, 1819 & 1863. In fine binding with brass seal. #1

Impressive manuscript confirmation of nobility

RYNKIEWICZ, Efim and family

Certification of 'szlachta' (nobility) status for the family

£5,950

Impressive manuscript confirmation of nobility
RYNKIEWICZ, Efim and family. Certification of 'szlachta' (nobility) status for the family.
Published/created in: 1819 and 1863

£5,950

Striking official documents in manuscript, related to the Rynkiewicz family and its nobility status, in Polish and Russian with fresh watercolour illustrations. A fine item of heraldry, very well preserved its red-morocco binding and large brass seal: rare so.

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