Fine illustrated record of Central Asia, by a leading Russian artist and book illustrator. First edition, rare outside Russia, with no copy in the UK.
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DMITRIEV-MAMONOV, A.I., A.F. ZDZIARSKII and John MARSHALL (transl.)
Guide to the Great Siberian Railway
Fine example of the first edition in English. A volume with a wealth of information on Russia, Siberia and the Russian Far East under Tsar Nicholas II's rule. Richly illustrated, with foloding maps and city plans.
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An excellent set of this series on the Ukrainian art of lace and textile decoration, richly illustrated. Very rare, on the market like in libraries. With fine literary and artistic provenance.
A complete copy of this groundbreaking work. First edition.
GEISSLER, C[hristian] G[ottfried] H[einrich] (artist), Frederic HEMPEL, [and Johann RICHTER.]
Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tatarischen, Mongolischen und andern Volkern im Russischen Reich
First edition of one of Geissler's productions on Russia's inhabitants, their customs, costumes and way of life. With great aquatint plates finely coloured.
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.
STASOV – STASSOFF, V[ladimir Vasilievich]
Russkii narodnyi ornament. Vyp. 1: Shitie, tkani, kruzheva [All published] L'Ornement national russe. Première livraison. Broderies, tissus, dentelles
The first significant study of Russian textile ornaments, richly illustrated, and still one of the most remarkable such works. First edition, complete.
First edition of this new translation in Polish (second edition overall) of this great account of the Ottoman empire. Very rare: only two copies traced in public libraries.
DEMIDOFF, Anatole de [Anatolii DEMIDOV], and Denis Auguste RAFFET (artist)
Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie, et la Moldavie
An unusual and attractive copy of this classic plate book, here with plates in various states and with contemporary provenance.
The most celebrated artist of the Ballets Russes, celebrated here in this beautiful production - of which it is the copy num. 1 out of only 315 printed for the UK.
LEVCHINE, Alexis de [Aleksei Iraklevich LEVSHIN, also LIOVSHIN]
Description des hordes et des steppes des Kirghiz-Kazaks ou Kirghiz-Kaïssaks
The first extensive study of the people of Kazakhstan: first French edition, with the same illustrations as the original Russian edition; including a folding map of the area, which was very rare at the time.
'Tsarskaia Okhota': the greatest Russian hunting book in a spectacular and most unusual Belgian binding made of cuir repoussé, incoporating Samokish's design of a falcon with open wings. A great example of this striking luxury book.
Ivan BILIBIN, Viktor VASNETSOV (artists) and Alexander PUSHKIN
Skazki, bound with Pesn o Veshchem Olege [Folk Tales] and [The Song of the Wise Oleg]
All of Bilibin's famous portrait illustrations for Pushkin's tales bound in one single volume - very unusual, and in lovely condition.
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