Attractive copy of this famous travel account

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
£9,750

Attractive copy of this famous travel account
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.
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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Russian vodka & caviar - a fresh example

[MARBAULT, M. de, also MARBEAU]

Essai sur le commerce de Russie, avec l'histoire de ses découvertes
£2,250

Russian vodka & caviar - a fresh example
[MARBAULT, M. de, also MARBEAU]. 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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An exceptional, large-paper example

KRUSENSTERN, Ivan Fedorovich [KRUZENSHTERN]

Wörter-Sammlungen aus den Sprachen einiger Völker des östlichen Asiens und der Nordwest-Küste von Amerika
£13,500

An exceptional, large-paper example
KRUSENSTERN, Ivan Fedorovich [KRUZENSHTERN]. 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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Very rare early charter and bylaws of the Russian-American Company in Alaska

[ALASKA]

[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

Very rare early charter and bylaws of the Russian-American Company in Alaska
[ALASKA]. [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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From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great

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

From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great
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
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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