Russia, Mongolia, China.
Published/created in: 1919
£4,750
Impressive example of the first edition, with a signed binding featuring two 1767 Russian coins. One of the greatest 20th-c. books on Eastern Russia, Siberia, and the historical relations with their neighbours. A fascinating and beautiful production.
Read More Read MorePLESCHEEF, Sergey (also Sergei MESHKOV-PLESHCHEEV) and James SMIRNOVE (transl.)
Survey of the Russian Empire
Survey of the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1792
£2,750
Fine, unusual copy of this first english edition of the most accurate description of the Russian empire at the end of Catherine the Great's reign. Usually black & white: but this copy with bold, vivid contemporary hand-colour.
Read More Read MoreCHAPPE 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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Opyt kazanskoi istorii drevnikh i srednikh vremian. [Essay on the History of Kazan in Ancient Times and the Middle Ages]
Published/created in: 1767
£10,000
A major work in Catherine the Great's active discovery of her empire: the first printed book on Kazan, its history and the Tatar region. First edition, in contemporary binding. Rare: the last copy at auction in the West was 50 years ago.
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Plan stolichnago goroda Moskvy. [Plan of Moscow the Capital City]
Published/created in: 1789
£12,500
An important and decorative plan of the Russian capital, printed the year of the French Revolution. A fine hand-coloured example. Very rare.
Read More Read MoreGEISSLER, [Christian Gottfried Heinrich], J.G. GRUBER and J. RICHTER
Russische Volke-Vergnügungen [Russian Folk Amusements]
Russische Volke-Vergnügungen. [Russian Folk Amusements]
Published/created in: [1801]
£5,750
Very rare large-format plates in striking colours, by a master of the genre. Last copy traced on the market: in 1931, incomplete.
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Resa genom Krimm och Bessarabien. Öfwersättning af Pehr Olof Gravander
Published/created in: 1805
£375
Early Russian work on the Crimea, here translated in Swedish. Uncommon.
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Essai sur l'histoire ancienne et moderne de la Nouvelle Russie: Statistique des provinces qui la composent: Fondation d'Odessa, ses progrès, son état actuel, détails sur son commerce: Voyage en Crimée, dans l'intérêt de l'agriculture et du commerce.
Published/created in: 1820
£1,150
First edition of this major, relatively early work on southern Ukraine, Odessa and Crimea; complete with engraved views and maps. A pleasant copy in attractive condition.
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Noveishii polnyi pismovnik ili vseobshchyi sekretar. [The Newest Complete Letter-Writing Manual, or General Secretary]
Published/created in: 1820
£1,750
A great resource for any Russian writing letters at the beginning of the 19th century: from love letters in verses to business and administrative correspondance, or official letters to the highest-ranked people, everything is included in this rare work. No copy of this edition traced outside Russia.
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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.
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Remarques sur le militaire des Turcs et des Russes.
Published/created in: 1771
£1,250
Excellent example of this detailed account of the forces in presence during the 1768-74 war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
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A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians.
Published/created in: 1804
£16,500
One of the most beautiful and impressive British works on Russia, with many great plates in fine colouring. Here unusually bound in a luxury full red morocco gilt signed.
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Traité sur le commerce de la Mer Noire.
Published/created in: 1787
£1,950
Fascinating account of the trade and business in Southern Russia and the Black Sea in the 18th century - with a wealth of details and personal comments. First edition, not common.
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Merkwürdigkeiten verschiedener unbekannten Völker des Russischen Reichs.
Published/created in: 1777
£1,750
Some of the first systematic ethnographic observations of peoples of Russia, here focusing on Siberian and Far Eastern peoples. An edition rarely found, with plates and a map. Lovely copy in fine condition.
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Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover].
Published/created in: 1887-89
£4,750
Some great imagery in a rare volume of 85 plates - mostly military but only, with many themes strikingly depicted. A rare item of Russian folk art, here in fine condition.
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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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Tablettes chronologiques de la Monarchie de Russie.
Published/created in: late 18th c.]
£3,950
A lovely manuscript booklet finely bound, showing all important events of Russia's history up to 1784 - very unusual, attractive and informative, possibly connected to Tsar Nicholas I.
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