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GOLITSYN, V

The ideal dacha on the Black Sea coast

Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi [Tsikhis-Dziri: A Place for Summer Homes Near Batumi]

£750

The ideal dacha on the Black Sea coast
GOLITSYN, V. Tsikhis-Dziri. Dachnoe mesto bliz Batumi. [Tsikhis-Dziri: A Place for Summer Homes Near Batumi]
Published/created in: 1911

£750

A detailed publication advertising the dacha-lifestyle on the Georgian coast, a relatively recently conquered region - richly illustrated, with the folding map and much practical information. Very rare, with no copied traced in the West.

Image for [AVANT-GARDE] Catalogue of Third Exhibition of Paintings, Tbilisi, 1920. #2

More than 400 avant-garde works listed

PIROSMANI, Niko, Kirill ZDANEVICH, Lado GUDIASHVILI and other artists

Me-3e suratebis gamopena, ivnisi-ivlisi 1920 ts. 3-ia vystavka kartin, iiun-iiul 1920 g [Third Exhibition of Paintings, June-July 1920]

£750

More than 400 avant-garde works listed
PIROSMANI, Niko, Kirill ZDANEVICH, Lado GUDIASHVILI and other artists. Me-3e suratebis gamopena, ivnisi-ivlisi 1920 ts. 3-ia vystavka kartin, iiun-iiul 1920 g. [Third Exhibition of Paintings, June-July 1920]
Published/created in: 1920

£750

Bilingual catalogue (Georgian Russian) of the largest exhibition of Georgian and Russian avant-garde artists in Tbilisi, listing almost 50 artists. Extremely rare with only 3 other copies traced.

Image for N. MARR. Basic Tables for the Grammar of Ancient Georgian. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1908. #2

Georgian language explained

MARR, N[ikolai]

Osnovnyia tablitsy k grammatike drevne-gruzinskago iazyka [Basic Tables for the Grammar of the Ancient Georgian Language]

£1,250

Georgian language explained
MARR, N[ikolai]. Osnovnyia tablitsy k grammatike drevne-gruzinskago iazyka. [Basic Tables for the Grammar of the Ancient Georgian Language]
Published/created in: 1908

£1,250

First edition of this remarkable study of Georgian, published to support Marr's celebrated 'Japhetic theory'. Fresh internally with almost 30 folding tables. Rare.

Image for NABHOLZ, J. General map of the Caucasus, in original German. First edition, St. Peterburg, 1797. #2

"The most accurate map... to date"

NABHOLZ, J[ohann] C[hristoph] (engraver)

General Charte Des Caukasischen Geburges [General Map of the Caucasus Mountains]

£1,950

"The most accurate map... to date"
NABHOLZ, J[ohann] C[hristoph] (engraver). General Charte Des Caukasischen Geburges. [General Map of the Caucasus Mountains]
Published/created in: 1797]

£1,950

Fine, crisp example of this lovely map of the Caucasus, an early and precise representation of the region, including its many various peoples and ethnic groups. Printed in St. Petersburg, rare, with no other copy traced on the market in recent years.

Image for MILTON & AVAKOV. Paradise Lost, first Georgian edition. Tbilisi, 1904. #2

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia

MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator)

Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

£950

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia
MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator). Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi. [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

Published/created in: 1904

£950

Very rare first edition in Georgian of Milton's masterpiece. No other copies traced outside Georgia. A very good example in wrappers.

Image for KLAPROTH. Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia... First edition in English, London, 1814. #2

Ethnography in the Caucasus

KLAPROTH, Julius von

Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Command of the Russian Government

£2,850

Ethnography in the Caucasus
KLAPROTH, Julius von. Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Command of the Russian Government.
Published/created in: 1814

£2,850

Lovely copy, in contemporary binding, of this major work on the Caucasus region and its people. First English edition.

Image for M. DZHANASHVILI. History of Georgia and Russia. First edition, inscribed. Tiflis, 1912. #2

History from Georgia and Armenia, to Central Asia and Palestine - inscribed

DZHANASHVILI, Mose

K materialam po istorii o drevnostiam Gruzii i Rossii [On the History and Antiquities of Georgia and Russia]

£1,500

History from Georgia and Armenia, to Central Asia and Palestine - inscribed
DZHANASHVILI, Mose. K materialam po istorii o drevnostiam Gruzii i Rossii. [On the History and Antiquities of Georgia and Russia]
Published/created in: 1912

£1,500

A desirable copy of this historical booklet with an agenda: showing that Georgia and Russia haven been naturally linked for centuries. Covering also other, more unexpected regions. First edition, inscribed and with émigré provenance.

Image for E. ZICHY. Travels to the Caucasus and Central Asia. First edition, in French and Hungarian. Budapest, 1897. #2

Extensive ethnography of the peoples of the Caucasus

ZICHY, Eugene [Jenő], Dr. Jean [Janos] JANKO and Dr. Bela POSTA

Kaukaìzuri eìs Közeìpaìzsiai utazaìsai. Voyages au Caucase et en Asie Centrale : La Migration de la race Hongroise [et] La Description des collections

£1,950

Extensive ethnography of the peoples of the Caucasus
ZICHY, Eugene [Jenő], Dr. Jean [Janos] JANKO and Dr. Bela POSTA. Kaukaìzuri eìs Közeìpaìzsiai utazaìsai. Voyages au Caucase et en Asie Centrale : La Migration de la race Hongroise [et] La Description des collections.
Published/created in: 1897

£1,950

Fine copy of this great scholarly work on the population of the Caucasus, richly illustrated. First edition.

Image for WEYDEMEYER. Tableaux...de l'Empire de Russie. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1828. #2

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience

WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de

Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique

£3,250

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience
WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de. Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique.
Published/created in: 1828

£3,250

First edition of this impressive wide-ranging work, finely printed by Pluchart in St. Petersburg. A scarce publication, with a wealth of information on the Russian empire up to Pushkin's time.

Image for Watercolour portrait of Hadji Murat. Tbilisi, 1852. #2

Contemporary portrait

French school of the 19^th century

Portrait de Hadji Mourad

£4,750

Contemporary portrait
French school of the 19^th century. Portrait de Hadji Mourad.
Published/created in: 30 January 1852

£4,750

Extremely rare contemporary portrait of a famous Caucasian rebel - described by Gagarin and Tolstoy.

Image for GAGARINE, Prince Grégoire. Dessins et croquis d'après nature. St. Petersbourg, 1902. First edition. #2

An aristocrat, traveller and diplomat, with artistic talents

GAGARINE, Prince Grégoire – Kniaz Grigorii Grigorevich GAGARIN

Dessins et croquis d'après nature. Risunki i nabroski s natury

£4,500

An aristocrat, traveller and diplomat, with artistic talents
GAGARINE, Prince Grégoire - Kniaz Grigorii Grigorevich GAGARIN. Dessins et croquis d'après nature. Risunki i nabroski s natury.
Published/created in: 1902

£4,500

Gagarin's artistic record of Turkish and Caucasian types, among other sketches reproduced, including portraits of Russian aristocrats in the Caucasus, Gypsies in Moscow and views of Egypt and Greece. A beautiful, large format production of one of the best Russian presses of the time. A fine example with contemporary provenance.

Image for SHOPEN. History and Inhabitants of the Caucasus. First edition in the original Russian. St. Petersburg, 1866. #2

Out of stock

History and languages of the Caucasus

Novye zametki na drevniia istorii Kavkaza i ego obitatelei [New Notes on the Ancient History of the Caucasus and its Inhabitants]

History and languages of the Caucasus
SHOPEN, Ivan. Novye zametki na drevniia istorii Kavkaza i ego obitatelei. [New Notes on the Ancient History of the Caucasus and its Inhabitants]
Published/created in: 1866

£1,650

Pleasant copy of this scarce work; first edition. A deep analysis of the ancient chronicles and of the languages of the peoples of the Caucasus, mostly Gergians, Armenians and Azeris, but not only.

Image for J. KLAPROTH. Asia polyglotta. Second edition of the text, Paris, 1831. #2

Out of stock

"A new departure for the classification of Eastern languages" (Encycl. Britannica)

KLAPROTH, Julius

Asia polyglotta

"A new departure for the classification of Eastern languages" (Encycl. Britannica)
KLAPROTH, Julius. Asia polyglotta.
Published/created in: 1831

£1,750

Impressive work on all languages from the Caucasus to the North Pacific through Central Asia, Siberia, China and the Far East. Very rare on the market.

Image for [BELLARMINO]. Dottrina cristiana in Georgian, first edition. Rome, 1741. #2

Out of stock

Travelling catechism for the Caucasus

[BELLARMINO, Roberto and David TLUK’AANT [also TLUKAANTI], David (translator)]

Sakrist'iano Modzghuareba [Christian Instruction/Doctrine]

Travelling catechism for the Caucasus
[BELLARMINO, Roberto and David TLUK'AANT [also TLUKAANTI], David (translator)]. Sakrist'iano Modzghuareba. [Christian Instruction/Doctrine]
Published/created in: 1741

£2,250

Fresh example of this small book, printed by the Catholiocs in Rome for missions in Georgia. First edition in Georgian, rare.

Image for [GEORGIAN LANGUAGE]. Georgian for Foreigners. First edition, very rare. Tbilisi, 1925. #2

Out of stock

Georgian for foreigners in early Soviet Union

SIKHARULIDZE I., P. METREVELI, Salomon GOGLICHIDZE and David GVELESIANI (artist)

Kartuli enis sakhelmdzghvanelo arakartveltatvis: Pirveli Tsigni. Uchebnik gruzinskogo iazyka dlia ne-gruzin. Kniga pervaia… [Textbook of Georgian Language for Non-Georgians: Book One]

Georgian for foreigners in early Soviet Union
SIKHARULIDZE I., P. METREVELI, Salomon GOGLICHIDZE and David GVELESIANI (artist). Kartuli enis sakhelmdzghvanelo arakartveltatvis: Pirveli Tsigni. Uchebnik gruzinskogo iazyka dlia ne-gruzin. Kniga pervaia…. [Textbook of Georgian Language for Non-Georgians: Book One]
Published/created in: 1925

£1,850

A fascinating, pioneering booklet, whose fragility is witness to printing in early Soviet Georgia. For Russians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis, it seems to be the first such textbook for foreigners. Of extraordinary rarity, with only one other copy traced outside Georgia and 6 copies there; no copy in Russia and none in the Americas.

Image for I. PANTIUKHOV. Kavkazskaia patologiia - Pathologie du Caucase. First edition, Tbilisi, 1898. #2

Out of stock

Young Georgians and their diseases

PANTIUKHOV, I[van]. I

K statistike kavkazskoy patologii. Essai sur la Statistique de la Pathologie du Caucase

Young Georgians and their diseases
PANTIUKHOV, I[van]. I. K statistike kavkazskoy patologii. Essai sur la Statistique de la Pathologie du Caucase.
Published/created in: 1898

£850

Fine example of this rare study published in Tbilisi and focusing on the health of young Georgian people. With more than 40 illustrations.

Image for P. USLAR. Lushnu Anban [Svan Alphabet]. First edition, Tiflis, 1864. #2

Out of stock

From 'savage Svanetia' in its own words

USLAR, Petr Karlovich

Lushnu Anban. Svanetskaia Azbuka [Lushnu Anban. Svan Alphabet]

From 'savage Svanetia' in its own words
USLAR, Petr Karlovich. Lushnu Anban. Svanetskaia Azbuka. [Lushnu Anban. Svan Alphabet]
Published/created in: 1864

£2,500

A fascinating primer from Georgia, very rare and of great importance, with many interesting aspects.

Image for M.-F. BROSSET. Eléments de la langue géorgienne. First edition, in wrappers; Paris, 1837. #2

Out of stock

Extensive, scholarly, and with Imeretian dialect

BROSSET, Marie-Félicité (Jeune)

Eléments de la langue géorgienne

Extensive, scholarly, and with Imeretian dialect
BROSSET, Marie-Félicité (Jeune). Eléments de la langue géorgienne.
Published/created in: 1837

£1,450

Very attractive copy of this significant grammar of the Georgian language, the third such grammar to appear in the West. First edition, complete with its two folding plates, finely produced by the French State press. Uncommon.

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