Literature: European languages

Image for P. LOTI, Pecheur d'Islande. Edition originale tirage limité, Paris, 1886 #2

Edition originale en version de luxe, aux planches en plusieurs états

Pêcheur d'Islande

£1,250

Edition originale en version de luxe, aux planches en plusieurs états
LOTI, Pierre. Pêcheur d'Islande.
Published/created in: 1886

£1,250

Loti's most celebrated novel: a fine example of the first edition, here with a record number of states of the plates, bound in full green morocco retaining the original bright orange publisher's wrappers.

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 BYRON & KOZLOV. Nevesta Abidosskaia [The Bride of Abydos]. First edition in Russian verse, Skt. Peterburg, 1826. #2

Byron's Turkish poem in Pushkin's Russia

[BYRON, George Gordon] Dzh.-G. BAIRON and Ivan KOZLOV (transl.)

Nevesta Abidosskaia. Turetskaia povest [The Bride of Abydos. A Turkish Story]

£4,750

Byron's Turkish poem in Pushkin's Russia
[BYRON, George Gordon] Dzh.-G. BAIRON and Ivan KOZLOV (transl.). Nevesta Abidosskaia. Turetskaia povest. [The Bride of Abydos. A Turkish Story]
Published/created in: 1826

£4,750

Very attractive copy of this rare work, the first translation in verse of Byron's 'Eastern poem'. Praised by contemporaries and influential, here retaining its original wrappers. Only 3 copies traced in WorldCat.

Image for POUCHKINE. Ruslan et Ludmila, première édition en vers, avec envoi, Paris, 1898. #2

Inscribed by the translator, a feminist character

[PUSHKIN] – Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist)

Rouslane et Ludmile

£2,450

Inscribed by the translator, a feminist character
[PUSHKIN] - Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist). Rouslane et Ludmile.
Published/created in: 1898

£2,450

The first complete poetic French translation of Pushkin's celebrated work. Strikingly illustrated by an original Russian female artist, and this copy inscribed by the translator: a politically-engaged playwright and one of the main figures of the feminist theatre movement in France. Rarely found, and only 500 copies printed.

Image for SUKIAS SOMALIAN. Quadro della storia letteraria di Armenia. First edition, Venice, 1829. #2

An Italian panorama of Armenian literature

SUKIAS SOMALIAN, Archbishop Placido

Quadro della storia letteraria di Armenia

£600

An Italian panorama of Armenian literature
SUKIAS SOMALIAN, Archbishop Placido. Quadro della storia letteraria di Armenia.
Published/created in: 1829

£600

Pleasant example of this lovely production, presenting an overview of Armenian literature from its origins to the 17th century.

Image for PUSHKIN & ALEXEIEFF. Récits de Ivan Bielkine. First edition thus, Maestricht & Bruxelles, 1929/1930. #2

With some of the best plates of Alexeieff

ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre et Alexandre POUCHKINE [PUSHKIN]

Les Récits de Feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine

£600

With some of the best plates of Alexeieff
ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre et Alexandre POUCHKINE [PUSHKIN]. Les Récits de Feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine.
Published/created in: 1930 [mais Septembre 1929]

£600

Pleasant example, fresh internally, of this famous production of Alexeieff illustrating Pushkin. First edition with these illustrations. One of the "few copies" not for sale.

Image for [CUSTINE] M. ERMOLOV. Encore quelques mots sur l'ouvrage... First edition, Paris, 1843. #2

Rare anti-Custine booklet

[CUSTINE] – M[ikhail ERMOLOV]

Encore quelques mots sur l'ouvrage de M. de Custine : La Russie en 1839

£225

Rare anti-Custine booklet
[CUSTINE] - M[ikhail ERMOLOV]. Encore quelques mots sur l'ouvrage de M. de Custine : La Russie en 1839.
Published/created in: 1843

£225

First edition of this 'comment' on Custine's celebrated description of Russia, part of a counter-propaganda campaign by the Russian empire. Very rare: no copy traced on the market nor in Americas.

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 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 DICKENS - PLESHCHEEV, first 'Life of Dickens' in Russian, first book edition. #2

Dickens' life for Russian readers

[DICKENS] – PLESHCHEEV, Aleksei Nikolaevich

Zhizn Dikkensa [The Life of Dickens]

£1,450

Dickens' life for Russian readers
[DICKENS] - PLESHCHEEV, Aleksei Nikolaevich. Zhizn Dikkensa. [The Life of Dickens]
Published/created in: 1891 (but censor auth. 17 Nov. 1890)

£1,450

Rare first significant biography of the great Victorian author in Russian, written by an active (and politically engaged) man of letters. First book edition. Apparently no copy in Britain, only at the NYPL and in Sidney outside Russia.

Image for BONAPARTE-WYSE, William. On Occasion of Roumania... Inscribed first edition. Plymouth, 1881. #2

An Irish poet fond of Provencal celebrates Romania's independence and publishes it in Plymouth

BONAPARTE-WYSE, William Charles

On Occasion of Roumania Constituting Herself a Kingdom. An Ode. With a French version by Constant Hennion

£950

An Irish poet fond of Provencal celebrates Romania's independence and publishes it in Plymouth
BONAPARTE-WYSE, William Charles. On Occasion of Roumania Constituting Herself a Kingdom. An Ode. With a French version by Constant Hennion.
Published/created in: 1881

£950

A fascinating multi-cultural work, from Ireland and the UK to France and Romania - in a fine, large-paper example inscribed by the author, a relative of Napoleon. Very rare.

Image for POUCHKINE & ZWORYKINE, Boris Godounov with watercolour. Parsi, 1927. #2

With a fine original watercolour

POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Boris ZWORYKINE (artist) [PUSHKIN and ZVORYKIN]

Boris Godounov

£4,950

With a fine original watercolour
POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Boris ZWORYKINE (artist) [PUSHKIN and ZVORYKIN]. Boris Godounov.
Published/created in: [1927]

£4,950

One of the great productions of the Parisian Russian artists - this one from the "tirage de tête" on Japon with a watercolour by Zworykine.

Image for GOGOL N. Les Ames mortes. Première édition complète, Paris, 1859. #2

Première édition complète en français

GOGOL, Nicolas

Les Âmes mortes. Traduit du russe par Ernest Charrière

£550

Première édition complète en français
GOGOL, Nicolas. Les Âmes mortes. Traduit du russe par Ernest Charrière.
Published/created in: 1859

£550

Un des meilleurs romans de la littérature russe traduit en français - un bon exemplaire en chemise d'éditeur de la première édition de cette importante traduction.

Image for KRYLOV, Ivan. Fables russes. Paris, Didot, 1825. Fine example. #2

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated

KRYLOV – KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich

Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs

£8,750

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated
KRYLOV - KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich. Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs.
Published/created in: 1825

£8,750

Attractive example of this famous edition of Russia's greatest fabulist, in Russian, French and Italian, with engraved plates. A luxury lifetime production, here particularly fresh.

With two suites

POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV]

Boris Godounov

£5,250

With two suites
POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV]. Boris Godounov.
Published/created in: 1925

£5,250

One of the great artists' books of the Russian Paris school - here in the deluxe version on Japon Impérial: one of 18 copies only.

Image for LERMONTOV and PULSZKY. The Hero of Our Days. London, 1854. #4

Translated by a revolutionary woman

LERMONTOV, Mikhail Iurievitch

The Hero of Our Days, from the Russian of Michael Lermontoff, by Theresa Pulszky

£1,450

Translated by a revolutionary woman
LERMONTOV, Mikhail Iurievitch. The Hero of Our Days, from the Russian of Michael Lermontoff, by Theresa Pulszky.
Published/created in: 1854

£1,450

Lermontov translated by a friend of Herzen and wife of a Hungarian revolutionary. First edition of this translation.

Image for LOMONOSOV, TREDIAKOSVKII, SUMAROKOV. Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe. First edition, 1800. #2

Better than thought

LOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasilievich, Vasilii Kirillovich TREDIAKOVSKII and Alexander Petrovich SUMAROKOV

Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe, à dater de sa naissance jusqu'au règne de Catherine II

£950

Better than thought
LOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasilievich, Vasilii Kirillovich TREDIAKOVSKII and Alexander Petrovich SUMAROKOV. Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe, à dater de sa naissance jusqu'au règne de Catherine II.
Published/created in: 1800

£950

Attractive example of the first French anthology of Russian literature, with some of the best authors of the 18th century.

Image for MONTESQIEU, Ch. Lettres persanes in Russian. Skt. Peterburg, 1792. #2

French enlightenment in Russia

MONTESKE [MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de]

Pisma persidskiia [Lettres persanes] [Persian Letters]

£3,750

French enlightenment in Russia
MONTESKE [MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de]. Pisma persidskiia [Lettres persanes]. [Persian Letters]
Published/created in: 1792

£3,750

Rare first illustrated edition of the 'Lettres persanes' in Russian, in contemporary binding with lovely Russian endpapers.

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