Horses, Hunting, Gastronomy & Pastimes

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Smoking in Pushkin's Russia

Obiavlenie [Announcement]

£575

Smoking in Pushkin's Russia
[TOBACCO] - ARTO, Amedei. Obiavlenie. [Announcement]
Published/created in: 1834

£575

Detailed price list of tobacco products offered in Moscow during Pushkin's time, showing a broad and very international range. A rare, unusual ephemera in excellent, fresh condition.

Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia

[GASTRONOMY]

Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg

£2,750

Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia
[GASTRONOMY]. Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg.
Published/created in: 1843

£2,750

Extremely rare broadside boasting "the all-best" teas from China available at a merchant's in St. Petersburg. The poster contains much interesting information and is illustrated with many Asian scenes. Very fragile but in very good condition.

Image for S. COLLINS. Present State of Russia. First edition, London, 1671. #2

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms

[COLLINS, Samuel]

The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years

£3,000

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms
[COLLINS, Samuel]. The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years.
Published/created in: 1671

£3,000

Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, with an important portrait of Tsar Alexei and a famous chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes. Attractive example of the first edition.

Image for COLLINS, S. Estat présent de la Russie. Edition originale en français, Paris, 1679. #2

Account of 17th-c. Russia from a 'cabinet de lecture'

[COLLINS, Samuel]

Relation curieuse de l'estat present de la Russie

£2,000

Account of 17th-c. Russia from a 'cabinet de lecture'
[COLLINS, Samuel]. Relation curieuse de l'estat present de la Russie.
Published/created in: 1679

£2,000

Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, here in an unusual, uncut copy of the first French edition, from a private lending library with the label detailing its lending conditions. Includes the famous illustrated chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes.

From amber mining to sable hunting on ski

BRAND, Johann Arnold von

Reysen durch die Marck Brandenburg, Preussen, Churland, Liefland, Peßcovien, Groß-Naugardien, Tweerien und Moskovien […] anbey Eine Seltsame und sehr Anmerckliche Beschreibung von Siberien […]

£4,250

From amber mining to sable hunting on ski
BRAND, Johann Arnold von. Reysen durch die Marck Brandenburg, Preussen, Churland, Liefland, Peßcovien, Groß-Naugardien, Tweerien und Moskovien […] anbey Eine Seltsame und sehr Anmerckliche Beschreibung von Siberien […].
Published/created in: 1702

£4,250

A very rich and overlooked 17th-c. travel account, with quantity of original material on Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Siberia, including music and songs in the vernacular, as well as many engraved plates, especially on amber mining, sable hunting on ski and Easter celebrations in Moscow. A rare Rossica.

Half their wages into alcohol

BARSKIY, Y. A

Chi dodae sili alkogol? [Does Alcohol Give Strength?]

£350

Half their wages into alcohol
BARSKIY, Y. A. Chi dodae sili alkogol?. [Does Alcohol Give Strength?]
Published/created in: 1930

£350

Great example of Soviet health propaganda, trying to make Ukrainians more sober. Very rare.

Image for FRANKLAND, R. Eight Representations of Shooting. First edition, 1813. #2

Hunting caricatures in colour

FRANKLAND, Robert

Eight Representations of Shooting

£2,500

Hunting caricatures in colour
FRANKLAND, Robert. Eight Representations of Shooting.
Published/created in: 1813

£2,500

Lovely humourous plates with original hand-colour, in a Sangorski binding.

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Optical theatre in 1830s Moscow

MISHO, Genrikh

Mekhanicheskii Teatr Sveta. Obiavlenie [Mechanical Theatre of Light. Announcement]

£500

Optical theatre in 1830s Moscow
MISHO, Genrikh. Mekhanicheskii Teatr Sveta. Obiavlenie. [Mechanical Theatre of Light. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1833

£500

Rare broadside for series of entertainments in Moscow, including an optical theatre of animated figures by a versatile performer and craftsman.

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Optical theatre in 1830s Moscow

KUPARENKO, Iordakii

Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]

£650

Optical theatre in 1830s Moscow
KUPARENKO, Iordakii. Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie. [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1834

£650

Rare broadside for an impressive Russian kinetozographic theatre of 400 animated figures in Pushkin's Moscow, by a hot-air balloon enthusiast now in the Guinness World Records.

Image for SKRINNIKOV, The Science of the Horse, very rare first edition, in Russian, Warsaw, 1866-67 #2

How to understand horses - no copy traced

SKRINNIKOV, Mikhail

Ippologiia, ili Nauka o loshadi. Chast I-II [Hippology, or The Science of the Horse. Parts I-II]

£1,950

How to understand horses - no copy traced
SKRINNIKOV, Mikhail. Ippologiia, ili Nauka o loshadi. Chast I-II. [Hippology, or The Science of the Horse. Parts I-II]
Published/created in: 1866-67

£1,950

First edition of this influential Russian work on horse education and hippiatry, illustrated with 3 plates. Very rare: no copy traced on the market nor in libraries.

Image for KALINOVSKII, Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza. First edition, St. Petersbourg, 1900. With 100 plates. #2

Abundant imperial hunting parties in the Mountains

KALINOVSKII, A

Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza

£6,500

Abundant imperial hunting parties in the Mountains
KALINOVSKII, A. Les chasses au Caucase. Okhoty Kavkaza.
Published/created in: 1900

£6,500

First edition of this impressive visual record of imperial hunting parties in the Caucasus - one of the greatest Russian hunting books, in French and Russian, conceived and produced specifically to promote the Caucasian region at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1900. With 100 leaves of illustrations. A good example in the publisher's binding.

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With striking designs

SAMOKISH Nikolai (artist) and Lev Al. MEY

Izbavitel [The Saviour]

£1,850

With striking designs
SAMOKISH Nikolai (artist) and Lev Al. MEY. Izbavitel. [The Saviour]
Published/created in: 1900

£1,850

A hunting poem beautifully decorated by one of the leading book illustrators of the time. Separately published from Kutepov's celebrated and monumental 'Imperial Hunt'.

Image for [RUSSIANS in CHINA]. Two Menus in Russian. Warsaw and Yingkou, 1900. #2

Out of stock

Gastronomical joys of the Russian military in the midst of the Boxer Uprising in China

[GASTRONOMY – RUSSIAN CHINA]

Two Menus

Gastronomical joys of the Russian military in the midst of the Boxer Uprising in China
[GASTRONOMY - RUSSIAN CHINA]. Two Menus.
Published/created in: 1900]

£1,300

Lovely menus related to Dmitrii Oznobishin and his assigmnments in China. One menu is fully watercoloured (not printed), the other a fine chromolithograph - abundantly inscribed and signed by Oznobishin's friends and colleagues.

Image for BILIBIN. Menu for an imperial military dinner, St. Petersburg, 1910. #2

Out of stock

Bilibin works for the Tsar and his dinner

BILIBIN, Ivan (artist)

Uzhin 28 Marta 1910 [Dinner on 28 March 1910]

Bilibin works for the Tsar and his dinner
BILIBIN, Ivan (artist). Uzhin 28 Marta 1910. [Dinner on 28 March 1910]
Published/created in: 1910]

£1,950

Fine example of this very rare Russian imperial menu, drawn by one o fthe greatest illustrators and artists of the time in Russia.

Image for COUTEPOFF, Tsarskaia Okhota in French, first edition, St. Petersbourg, 1896-1900. #2

Out of stock

In a most unusual, remarkable artist binding

COUTÉPOFF, Nicolas [KUPEPOV, Nikolay Ivanovich]

La Chasse grand-ducale et tsarienne en Russie. Période du Xe au XVIe siècle [with] La Chasse tsarienne en Russie. XVIIe siècle

In a most unusual, remarkable artist binding
COUTÉPOFF, Nicolas [KUPEPOV, Nikolay Ivanovich]. La Chasse grand-ducale et tsarienne en Russie. Période du Xe au XVIe siècle [with] La Chasse tsarienne en Russie. XVIIe siècle.
Published/created in: 1896-1900

£15,000

'Tsarskaia Okhota': the greatest Russian hunting book in a spectacular and most unusual Belgian binding made of cuir repoussé, incoporating Samokish's design of a falcon with open wings. A great example of this striking luxury book.

Image for Botkin's teas and cloth in 1830s Pushkin's Moscow #1

Out of stock

On blue paper

[TEA] – BOTKIN, Petr

Obiavlenie. Magazin sukon i kitaiskikh chaev [Announcement. Fabrics and Chinese Tea Shop].

On blue paper
[TEA] - BOTKIN, Petr. Obiavlenie. Magazin sukon i kitaiskikh chaev. [Announcement. Fabrics and Chinese Tea Shop].
Published/created in: 1833

£750

Rare broadside by the pioneer of the Russian tea industry, advertising teas and fabrics from international origins, available in 1830s Pushkin's Moscow.

Image for Broadsides on animal fighting in 1830s Russia #1

Out of stock

Now extinct dogs fighting in 1830s Moscow

[BAITING DOGS]

Obiavlenie [Announcement]

Now extinct dogs fighting in 1830s Moscow
[BAITING DOGS]. Obiavlenie. [Announcement]
Published/created in: 1833

£950

Two consecutive illustrated Russia broadsides announcing different rounds of large wild animal baiting in Pushkin's 1830s Moscow, involving the now-extinct Medelyan dogs.

Image for ADAM, L'Hippodrome au coin du feu, first edition, complete in boards. #2

Out of stock

Horses in colour in publisher's boards

ADAM, Victor

L'hippodrome au coin du feu

Horses in colour in publisher's boards
ADAM, Victor. L'hippodrome au coin du feu.
Published/created in: [c. 1840]

£2,250

Complete in publisher's boards: rare so. An attractive work presenting plates of horse racing and other activities, in particular remarkable for its depictions of ladies racing.

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