Uchebnyi atlas drevnei i novoi Rossii. [Atlas of the Ancient and Modern Russia for Schools]
Published/created in: [1838-1844]
£6,750
Very rare small-format school atlas showing the development of the Russian Empire during 1000 years, and its extent at its height. With original hand-colour. No other physical copies traced, including in Russia.
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Otkrytie Ameriki, Kamchatki i Aleutskikh ostrovov: Rasskazy dlia detei. [Discovery of America, Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands: Stories for Children]
Published/created in: 1868
£2,500
Very rare and fascinating children book on the discovery of America and North Pacific, illustrated, with great comments on the conquest of America and other parts of the world. A lovely copy in original publisher's boards.
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CHAPPE D’AUTEROCHE, Jean-Baptiste and Stepan Petrovich KRASHENINNIKOV
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761; contenant les moeurs, les usages des Russes, et l'etat actuel de cette puissance [and] contenant la description du Kamchatka
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761; contenant les moeurs, les usages des Russes, et l'etat actuel de cette puissance [and] contenant la description du Kamchatka.
Published/created in: 1768
£9,750
A very fresh copy of the first edition of one of the great French travels abroad, and a classic representative of French 18th-century publishing, with many artistic illustrations, engraved maps, and high quality printing. With a wealth of details on Russian, Siberia, the Russian Far East, including Kamchatka and the Northern Pacific.
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Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes.
Published/created in: 1777
£2,250
Lovely, crisp copy of this classic work on Russian trade, esp. interesting for its description of the North Pacific and Alaska - but also of the Black Sea and Ukraine. With German royal provenance.
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Wörter-Sammlungen aus den Sprachen einiger Völker des östlichen Asiens und der Nordwest-Küste von Amerika.
Published/created in: 1813
£13,500
First edition of Kruzenshtern's important study of North Pacific languages, in a superb, very unusual example: very crisp, uncut, in plain temporary wrappers and printed on thicker woven paper. We were unable to trace other such large-paper copies. A rare book on the market: only two copies at auction.
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[The Act of the Main Board of the Russian-American Company, under the patronage of His Imperial Majesty, the Rules granted to this Company by the Emperor, and the enclosed statutes relevant to the Company]. Pod Vysochaishim Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva pokrovitelstvom Rossiisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii Glavnogo Pravleniya Akt i Vysochaishe darovannya onoi Kompanii Pravila s priobshcheniyem prilichnykh k onomu Uzakonenii
Published/created in: 1802
£17,500
An exceptional document pertaining to the history of Alaska, of greatest rarity and here in fantastic condition.
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DILTEI Filipp Genrikh – Philippe Henry DILTHEY
Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov. Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Published/created in: 1771[-1772]
£5,750
Detailed and wide-ranging description of the history, peoples and geography of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Very rare: only four copies outside Russia, one only in the US.
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