RUSTAVELI, Shota, Vepxistqaosani,Gallus Druckerei, Berlin for Davit Keladze, [Paris?] , 1943.
The main national epic of Georgia in a very unusual, small-format production, in Georgian, for the Third Reich's "Georgian Legion". An extremely rare edition of Rustaveli's masterpiece, and a fantastic example from the 50 deluxe copies, here in a luxurious binding. Read More
Drawings of Napoleon's Imperial Guard AND Regiments of the Line
LAUDY, Lucien, Drawings of Napoleon's Imperial Guard AND Regiments of the Line,[?Waterloo , 1909-11].
More than 60 watercolours of Napoleonic uniforms, drawn by a Nopoleon fan who initiated a museum in the house where Napoleon stayed before the final battle of Waterloo. An historical object, finely bound. Read More
The Travels and Memoirs of Sir John Reresby... The Former (now First Published) Exhibiting a View of the Governments and Society in the Principal States and Courts of Europe, during the Time of Cromwell's Usurpation; the Latter Containing Anecdotes, and Secret History of the Courts of Charles II. and James II
RERESBY, Sir John, Bt, The Travels and Memoirs of Sir John Reresby... The Former (now First Published) Exhibiting a View of the Governments and Society in the Principal States and Courts of Europe, during the Time of Cromwell's Usurpation; the Latter Containing Anecdotes, and Secret History of the Courts of Charles II. and James II,B. McMillan for Edward Jeffery, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, and J. Rodwell, London , 1813.
The preferred, large-paper issue attractively bound in full red morocco richly gilt. This edition contains the very first publication of the Travels; and the first illustrated edition of the Memoirs: overall with almost 40 plates including 11 hand-coloured, some with gilt highlights. A great example. Read More
The Works by Lord Byron, including the suppressed poems. Complete in one volume
BYRON, George Gordon Lord, The Works by Lord Byron, including the suppressed poems. Complete in one volume,Didot for Galignani, Paris , 1831.
Fine Didot edition of Byron in a Bauzonnet binding, 'doublée', with the binder's receipt bound in. Read More
Kitaiskie, manchzhurskie, mongolskie, iliiskie, koreiskie, iaponskie, aninanskie i neizvestnye monety, medali, assignatsii, menialnye bilety, zolotye i serebrianye slitki.
CHAUDOIR, Baron Stanislas de, Kitaiskie, manchzhurskie, mongolskie, iliiskie, koreiskie, iaponskie, aninanskie i neizvestnye monety, medali, assignatsii, menialnye bilety, zolotye i serebrianye slitki.
,[Skt. Peterburg, ?Bellizard , c. 1842].
The attractive catalogue of Asian, esp. Chinese numismatics compiled by one of the greatest coin collectors of the early 19th century. A lovely example of the rarer first Russian issue, in a fine Russian binding - a rare book indeed, with more than 60 plates. Read More
[DECEMBRISTS], Donesenie Varshavskogo komiteta,[Warsaw or St. Petersburg: probably at the Press of His Imperial Majesty's General Staff] , 1826.
Very rare first edition of this important report on the Decembrists' revoltof the end of 1825. A lovely copy with contemporary provenance. Only one example traced outside Russia. Read More
[BRUCE'S CALENDAR], [The Book, Called Bruce's Calendar],[V. Kipriianov, Moskva , 1810].
Complete example of an early, fully engraved edition of this famous, richly illustrated civil calendar, with predictions to the 20th century. A fine example with provenance charmingly handwritten. "A great rarity" writes Bitovt. Read More
Morskii poshlinnyi reglament ili ustav […] Neues See-Zoll-Reglement […]
[BOUND WITH:]
Lateinisch-Rußisch und Teutsches Vocabularium. Latino-rossiiskaia i nemetskaia slovesnaia kniga.
[BOUND WITH:]
Poshlinnoi Tarif […]. Zoll-Tarif […]
, Morskii poshlinnyi reglament ili ustav […] Neues See-Zoll-Reglement […]
[BOUND WITH:]
Lateinisch-Rußisch und Teutsches Vocabularium. Latino-rossiiskaia i nemetskaia slovesnaia kniga.
[BOUND WITH:]
Poshlinnoi Tarif […]. Zoll-Tarif […],St. Petersburg, Academie der Wissenschaften , 1731 and 1732.
An exceptional sammelband for Russo-German sea trade under the Germanophile Tsarina Anna Ivanovna, containing three rare and early Russian publications: the first bilingual editions of the new duty statute and of the customs tariff, together with a trilingual dictionary. A lovely, fresh example in contemporary binding. Read More
[D'AGOULT, Charles (Attrib.)], Akh, kak vy glupy gospoda frantsuzy,Reshetnikov, Moskva , 1793.
Attractive example of this scarce anti-revolutionary tract, published when Catherine the Great was distancing herself from some consequences of the French philosophers' thoughts. In contemporary binding ith zig-zag Russian endpapers. Read More