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Image for [OLD BELIEVERS] Song almanac in Church Slavonic, a miniature manuscript from mid-19th c. Russia #2

Church singing in your pocket

[OLD BELIEVERS]

[Sviattsy] Posledovanie tserkovnago peniia i vseletnago sobraniia.. [Religious Almanac]

£3,750

Church singing in your pocket
[OLD BELIEVERS]. [Sviattsy] Posledovanie tserkovnago peniia i vseletnago sobraniia... [Religious Almanac]
Published/created in: mid 19th century]

£3,750

Appealing small-format religious manuscript, probably written by Russian women scribes, while they were banned from doing it. In contemporary binding, with fresh colours and gilt decorations.

Image for CHAPPE d'AUTEROCHE & CATHERINE II. The Antidote. First edition in English. London, 1772. #2

"A unique and valuable document" (Levitt)

[CHAPPE d’AUTEROCHE] – [CATHERINE II, The Great]

The Antidote; or an Enquiry into the Merits of a Book, Entitled A Journey into Siberia

£1,250

"A unique and valuable document" (Levitt)
[CHAPPE d'AUTEROCHE] - [CATHERINE II, The Great]. The Antidote; or an Enquiry into the Merits of a Book, Entitled A Journey into Siberia.
Published/created in: 1772

£1,250

First English edition of this uncommon work, organised and partly written by Catherine the Great to refute Chappe d'Auteroche's comments on Russia and its people.

Image for BOSSUET & BEDRINKSII. Politika [Politique tirée de l'Ecriture Sainte]. First Russian edition, St. Petersburg, 1802. In red morocco. #2

The Tsar, like the Sun King, reigns as God's minister

[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator)

Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]

£3,950

The Tsar, like the Sun King, reigns as God's minister
[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator). Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia. [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]
Published/created in: 1802

£3,950

Excellent copy of this very rare first Russian edition of Bossuet's 'Politique'. No copies traced oustide Russia, including in French or American institutions.

Image for J. BADDELEY. Russia, Mongolia, China. First edition. London, 1919. #2

A splendid copy, unusually bound

BADDELEY, John F

Russia, Mongolia, China

£4,750

A splendid copy, unusually bound
BADDELEY, John F. Russia, Mongolia, China.
Published/created in: 1919

£4,750

Impressive example of the first edition, with a signed binding featuring two 1767 Russian coins. One of the greatest 20th-c. books on Eastern Russia, Siberia, and the historical relations with their neighbours. A fascinating and beautiful production.

Image for MANU & VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO. Leis de Manu. First edition in Portuguese, Nova Goa, 1859 #2

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa

VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor)

Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]

£2,250

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa
VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor). Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India. [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]
Published/created in: 1859

£2,250

Scarce first edition of this major legal text of ancient India, here in its first Portuguese edition, printed in Nova Goa.

Image for [NARBUT] - GOLLERBAKH. Siluety G. I. Narbuta. First edition, Leningrad, 1926. #2

The art of silhouette by the leading Ukrainian artist

[NARBUT] – GOLLERBAKH, Erikh

Siluety G.I. Narbuta [Silhouettes of G. I. Narbut]

£250

The art of silhouette by the leading Ukrainian artist
[NARBUT] - GOLLERBAKH, Erikh. Siluety G.I. Narbuta. [Silhouettes of G. I. Narbut]
Published/created in: 1926

£250

Fin, fresh example of this booklet on one of Ukraine most famous 20th-c. artists and illustrators. One of only 300 copies.

Image for MILTON & AVAKOV. Paradise Lost, first Georgian edition. Tbilisi, 1904. #2

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia

MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator)

Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

£950

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia
MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator). Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi. [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

Published/created in: 1904

£950

Very rare first edition in Georgian of Milton's masterpiece. No other copies traced outside Georgia. A very good example in wrappers.

Image for J. AMMAN. Stirpium rariorum. First edition. St. Petersburg, 1739. #2

A landmark Russian flora

Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones

£1,950

A landmark Russian flora
AMMAN, Johann. Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones.
Published/created in: 1739

£1,950

Fresh example of this important Russian flora, one of the very first published in Russia, showing and describing many species for the first time. First edition.

Image for LEVCHINE, A. Description des hordes..., Première édition en français, exemplaire Barante, Paris, 1840. #2

By the "Herodot of Kazakh steppes" - the dedicatee's copy

LEVCHINE, Alexis de [Aleksei Iraklevich LEVSHIN, also LIOVSHIN]

Description des hordes et des steppes des Kirghiz-Kazaks ou Kirghiz-Kaïssaks

£2,750

By the "Herodot of Kazakh steppes" - the dedicatee's copy
LEVCHINE, Alexis de [Aleksei Iraklevich LEVSHIN, also LIOVSHIN]. Description des hordes et des steppes des Kirghiz-Kazaks ou Kirghiz-Kaïssaks.
Published/created in: 1840

£2,750

The first extensive study of the people of Kazakhstan: first French edition, with the same illustrations as the original Russian edition; including a folding map of the area, which was very rare at the time. This is the copy which belonged to 'Le Baron de Barante', the dedicatee of the translation.

Image for [SERGEI MIKHAILOVICH ROMANOV]. Sbornik. First edition, Novyi Sad-Belgrade, 1934. #2

Rare and richly illustrated

Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo Velikii Kniaz Sergei Mikhailovich.. [His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich [...] Reminiscences about His Life and Work, and about the Development of Artillery during His Lifetime]

£375

Rare and richly illustrated
LASHKOV, S.I. Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo Velikii Kniaz Sergei Mikhailovich... [His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich [...] Reminiscences about His Life and Work, and about the Development of Artillery during His Lifetime]
Published/created in: 1934

£375

Scarce émigré work commemorating a prominent member of the Romanov family, active during WWI and shot by the Bolsheviks; first edition, published in Yugoslavia (now Serbia).

Image for Rakhil KOFF-LAIF. English penmanship. Rotaprint based on the first edition. Ukraine, 1960s. #2

Very rare production of a Ukrainian rotaprint

KOFF-LAIF, Rakhil Iosifovna

English penmanship. Angliiskaia kalligrafiia

£750

Very rare production of a Ukrainian rotaprint
KOFF-LAIF, Rakhil Iosifovna. English penmanship. Angliiskaia kalligrafiia.
Published/created in: early 1960s]

£750

How to write English in the USSR, by a Jewish American teacher, produced in Ukraine and very rare such.

Image for MAYERBERG - MEYERBERG. Iter in Moschoviam... First edition, ca. 1665. #2

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein

MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von

Iter in Moschoviam..

£3,950

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein
MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von. Iter in Moschoviam...
Published/created in: [ca. 1665]

£3,950

Exceptionnally fine example of this important travel account, which includes the first printing out of Russia of Tsar Alexis famous 'Ulozhenie'. A very attractive copy in a lovely if later binding.

Image for SHAKESPEARE & GRIGORIEV. Sheilok [The Merchant of Venice]. First edition of this translation. St. Petersburg, 1860. #2

Praised for its quality

SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator)

Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]

£1,950

Praised for its quality
SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator). Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid. [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]
Published/created in: 1860

£1,950

Very rare translation into Russian of Shakespeare 'Merchant of Venice'. An appealing example.

Image for KLAPROTH. Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia... First edition in English, London, 1814. #2

Ethnography in the Caucasus

KLAPROTH, Julius von

Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Command of the Russian Government

£2,850

Ethnography in the Caucasus
KLAPROTH, Julius von. Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Command of the Russian Government.
Published/created in: 1814

£2,850

Lovely copy, in contemporary binding, of this major work on the Caucasus region and its people. First English edition.

Image for PLESCHEEF - PLESHCHEEV. Survey of the Russian Empire. First edition in English, hand-coloured. London, 1792. #2

Impressive in colour

PLESCHEEF, Sergey (also Sergei MESHKOV-PLESHCHEEV) and James SMIRNOVE (transl.)

Survey of the Russian Empire

£2,750

Impressive in colour
PLESCHEEF, Sergey (also Sergei MESHKOV-PLESHCHEEV) and James SMIRNOVE (transl.). Survey of the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1792

£2,750

Fine, unusual copy of this first english edition of the most accurate description of the Russian empire at the end of Catherine the Great's reign. Usually black & white: but this copy with bold, vivid contemporary hand-colour.

Image for BEREZIN. Journey through Dagestan and Tanscaucasia. Expanded edition. Kazan, 1850. #2

The Eastern Caucasus in great details

BEREZIN, Ilia and Georgii GOGENFELDEN (artist)

Puteshestvie po Dagestanu i Zakavkaziu [Journey through Dagestan and Transcaucasia]

£3,750

The Eastern Caucasus in great details
BEREZIN, Ilia and Georgii GOGENFELDEN (artist). Puteshestvie po Dagestanu i Zakavkaziu. [Journey through Dagestan and Transcaucasia]
Published/created in: 1850

£3,750

Important, detailed account of nowadays Dagestan and Azerbaijan, with fine observations and 14 plates, published in Kazan. Scarce: no copy at auction and only 4 in institutions.

Image for PUSHKIN & VASNETSOV. Pesn o Veshchem Olege. Moskva, 1914. #2

In the larger and rarer format

VASNETSOV, Viktor (artist) and Aleksandr PUSHKIN

Pesn o Veshchem Olege [The Song of Wise Oleg]

£2,950

In the larger and rarer format
VASNETSOV, Viktor (artist) and Aleksandr PUSHKIN. Pesn o Veshchem Olege. [The Song of Wise Oleg]
Published/created in: [1914]

£2,950

A famous work, here in the unusual large, folio format, rarer than the first edition (which was a quarto).

Image for PUSHKIN. Eugene Oneguine. First English translation, inscribed. London, 1881. #2

Onegin in English for the first time, "with the translator's compliments"

PUSHKIN, Alexander and Henry SPALDING (transl.)

Eugene Onéguine

£8,000

Onegin in English for the first time, "with the translator's compliments"
PUSHKIN, Alexander and Henry SPALDING (transl.). Eugene Onéguine.
Published/created in: 1881

£8,000

Desirable copy of this landmark translation, the first into English and here inscribed by the translator.

Image for C. de BRUIN [LE BRUN]. Reizen over Moskovie. Amsterdam, 1714. #2

A fresh, crisp example of this celebrated travel account

BRUIN [BRUYN], Cornelis de

Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten

£7,500

A fresh, crisp example of this celebrated travel account
BRUIN [BRUYN], Cornelis de. Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten.
Published/created in: 1714

£7,500

One of the great accounts of Russia under Peter the Great, as well as Persia, especially remarkable for the wealth of illustrations. Here in a beautifully fresh example of this Dutch edition.

Image for ASHIK, A. Vosporskoe tsarstvo [Bosphorus Kingdom], first edition, Odessa, 1848-9. #2

Crimean Greek antiquities in red morocco

ASHIK, Anton Baltazarovich

Vosporskoe tsarstvo s ego paleograficheskimi i nadgrobnymi pamiatnikami, raspisnymi vazami, planami, kartami i vidami [The Bosphorus Kingdom and its Palaeographic Monuments and Tombstones, Painted Vases, Plans, Maps and Views]

£4,750

Crimean Greek antiquities in red morocco
ASHIK, Anton Baltazarovich. Vosporskoe tsarstvo s ego paleograficheskimi i nadgrobnymi pamiatnikami, raspisnymi vazami, planami, kartami i vidami. [The Bosphorus Kingdom and its Palaeographic Monuments and Tombstones, Painted Vases, Plans, Maps and Views]
Published/created in: 1848-1849

£4,750

The first significant work on the Greek antiquities on the Black Sea shores. A complete copy of this famous archeological book finely produced in Odessa, here in a luxurious binding. With unusual provenance.

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