First edition of this fundamental work on the Russian empire and its peoples, the result of a multi-year field trip by Georgi. The first work published in Russia with plates coloured by hand. Rare complete as here.
The famous Arctic issue of the main propaganda magazine from Soviet Union, designed by Lissitzky. A superb production, here in its English version and in fresh condition.
An excellent example of the first edition of this travel account in nowadays Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - inscribed by the author to Henri Cordier. Richly illustrated, with a folding map of the region.
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.
First edition of this rare account of exploring expeditions in central and northern Siberia. With map and illustrations.
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von and Johan Anton von MATERN (cartographer)
Nova descriptio geographica Tattariæ Magnæ.
Fine example of this celebrated, large map; first edition, here in its separately-published version. A very important cartographic document for Russian history and Siberia in particular. Uncommon.
![Image for [BARANSHCHIKOV]. Unfortunate adventures... Rare first edition. St. Petersburg, 1787. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2335_1-300x380.jpg)
[BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii Iakovlevich] – S. K. R
Neshchastnyia Prikliucheniia [...] v trekh chastiakh sveta: v Amerike, Azii i Evrope s 1780 po 1787 god [Unfortunate Adventures [...] in Three Parts of the World: America, Asia, and Europe, from 1780 to 1787]
What a story! Incredible (but true) adventures of a Russian throughout the world, and as a result an innovative book, probably the first Russian account of South America and the Caribbean, with a wealth of great details. Very rare first edition, with only one copy in the US.
BORISOV, Aleksandr Alekseevich
U Samoedov. Ot Pingi do Karskogo moria. Putevye ocherki [Among the Samoyeds. From the Pinega river to the sea of Kars. Travel sketches]
An artist-explorer gives his impressions of his polar trip to Northern Russia.
The preferred first edition in the Quarto format; with the folding map of Siberia up to China.
GAMEL, I. [Joseph Christian HAMEL]
Anglichane v Rossii v XVI i XVII stoletiiakh [Englishmen in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries]
A theme rarely researched: the relations between Russia and Great Britain, and here more specifically early English travellers to Russia before Peter the Great. First edition of this scarce study.
Fine, fresh example of this famous work, with its impressive map but also with important illustrations and a wide-ranging content on Siberia and other Russian regions.
The great German polymath in an uncommon lifetime edition, often overlooked. A pleasant example of these accounts of Pallas' wide-ranging descriptions of Western and Central Siberia.
OBRUCHEV, Sergei Vladimirovich
V nevedomykh gorakh Iakutii [In the Unknown Mountains of Yakutia]
First edition of this important expedition exploring the last unknown region of Russia, and discovering there an impressive mountain: the Chersky Range. Complete with illustrations and the first map of the area, in north-east Siberia.