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PEYSSONEL, Charles de, and Ernst CUHN
Die Verfassung des Handels auf dem Schwarzen Meer [Traité sur le commerce de la Mer Noire]
Very rare first German edition of this major work, with much added material showing a geopolitical angle chosen by the translator, a civil servant for the Prussian 'external affairs'. A beautiful copy, in full morocco with prestigious local provenance.
GONCHAROVA, Natalia (artist) and Alexander RUBAKIN
Gorod. Stikhi. La Cité [The City. Poems]
An excellent example from the 25 copies on china paper ('tirage de tête'), in a binding by one of the best French binders. First edition of this great Russian avant-garde book, finely produced in Paris and showing a wealth of illustrations by Goncharova.
[WEGIERSKI, Andrzej, also WENGIERSKI] Adrianus REGENVOLSCIUS
Systema historico-chronologicum, Ecclesiarum Slavonicarum pre provincias varias, Praecipue, Poloniae, Bohemiae, Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Moraviae, &c..
Uncommon history of Polish Calvinists in Central and Eastern Europe, written in the 17th century. A very good copy of the first edition, from the Macclesfied library, with unusually abundant lettering to the spine.
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 [OLD BELIEVERS] Song almanac in Church Slavonic, a miniature manuscript from mid-19th c. Russia #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3100_1-300x400.jpg)
Appealing small-format religious manuscript, probably written by Russian women scribes, while they were banned from doing it. In contemporary binding, with fresh colours and gilt decorations.
![Image for BOSSUET & BEDRINKSII. Politika [Politique tirée de l'Ecriture Sainte]. First Russian edition, St. Petersburg, 1802. In red morocco. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/356_1-300x402.jpg)
[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator)
Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]
Excellent copy of this very rare first Russian edition of Bossuet's 'Politique'. No copies traced oustide Russia, including in French or American institutions.
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A beautiful production of the Kyiv Lavra, here in its fine first binding. First edition, illustrated with delicate ornaments and elaborate initials. Very rare, as no copy traced outside Russian and Ukraine.
Very attractive copy of one of the most important editions of this fantastic novel: the first complete edition, by the CIA-backed publisher Posev. Rarely found, here complete with its dust-jacket.
![Image for [OLD BELIEVERS] Song almanac in Church Slavonic, a miniature manuscript from early 19th c. Russia #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2928_1-300x257.jpg)
Appealing small-format religious manuscript, most probably written by Russian women scribes, before they were banned from doing it. In contemporary binding and with near-contemporary annotations.
Large-format Moscow-printed Gospels in an impressive binding, very well preserved and probably from Ukraine/Western Russia. The binding is especially remarkable for its intricate design on both covers, its detailed contemporary provenance, and its appealing condition.
Tolstoy banned in Russia: a rare edition of this novella, kept in its fragile wrappers. Printed in Leipzig; and also an unusual example of decorative wrappers on a Russian literary work.
![Image for [DETECTIVE STORIES] - Nat Pinkerton Korol Syshchikov. Pre-revolutionary Russian edition. St. Petersburg, 1910s. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2711_1-300x400.jpg)
Very unusual: a pulp fiction booklet, in very good condition, telling the adventures in NYC of the most famous figure in Russian detective literature.
POLEVOI, Petr Nikolaevich (editor) and Ivan PANOV (artist)
Rodnye Otgoloski [Echoes from the Fatherland / Familiar Echoes]
Beautifully fresh example of a fine production for young Russian readers, gathering great Russian poems together with many illustrations - a lovely, charming piece of book design. Rare without any foxing like here.
![Image for [BAKST]. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst. First edition, Paris, 1913. In excellent condition #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/100_1-300x463.jpg)
Empress Mariia Fedorovna's copy of an important Russian textbook for arithmetic. First edition, in a lovely example finely bound in green silk with attractive endpapers.
[GLINKA] – VALTER, Viktor Grigorievich
Opera M. I. Glinki Ruslan i Liudmila [The Opera 'Ruslan and Ludmila' by Glinka]
Excellent copy, with fine, desirable Romanov provenance, of this very rare study of one of the great Russian operas.
KRUCHININ, Valentin (composer) and E. GOLSHTEIN (artist)
Shokoladnye rebiata. Muzyka fox-trot [Chocolate Kiddies. Fox-Trot Music]
Great, large-format cover design for this rare foxtrot music composed by a Russian composer in the early years of the Soviet Union.