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Image for KAMPE & SHISHKOV. Detskaia biblioteka. Very rare Russian edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1799-1800 #1

Important early book for Russian children - with a sewn translation label

KAMPE [CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich; and Aleksandr Semenovich SHISHKOV, translator]

Detskaia biblioteka.. [Children's library [ie. Kleine Kinderbibliothek]...]

£3,950

Important early book for Russian children - with a sewn translation label
KAMPE [CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich; and Aleksandr Semenovich SHISHKOV, translator]. Detskaia biblioteka... [Children's library [ie. Kleine Kinderbibliothek]...]
Published/created in: [c. 1799]

£3,950

More than a translation, an original adaptation, dedicated to Princess Dahskova, the first woman head of an Academy of Sciences and first female member of the American Philosophical Society. A very rare early edition of this important book for Russian children - and a lovely example with a sewn translation label!

Image for [J.G. SPARWENFELD]. Placzewnaja recz... First edition, Stockholm, 1697. #2

Russian verses at the Swedish court - in transliteration

[SPARWENFELD, Johan Gabriel]

Placzewnaja recz na pogrebenie […] ghossudarja Karolusa odinatsetogho [Oration in Russian on the Occasion of the Death of Charles XI of Sweden]

£4,750

Russian verses at the Swedish court - in transliteration
[SPARWENFELD, Johan Gabriel]. Placzewnaja recz na pogrebenie […] ghossudarja Karolusa odinatsetogho. [Oration in Russian on the Occasion of the Death of Charles XI of Sweden]
Published/created in: 1697

£4,750

An extremely rare and very intriguing publication, mixing Russian language, Latin types and Swedish political agenda at the end of the 17th century - just before the wars of Peter the Great and Charles XII. Apparently no copy in Russia; this being the second or third copy traced. A fine example.

Image for [STALIN]. Songs, Poems, Stories.... First edition, Leningrad, 1949. #2

Cult of personality from Europe and the Caucasus to Central Asia and Far Eastern Siberia

I.V. Stalin v tvorchestve narodov SSSR. Pesni, stikhi, chastushki, poslovitsy, pogovorki [I.V. Stalin in the Songs, Poems, Stories, Fairytales and Proverbs of the Peoples of USSR]

£185

Cult of personality from Europe and the Caucasus to Central Asia and Far Eastern Siberia
[STALIN]. I.V. Stalin v tvorchestve narodov SSSR. Pesni, stikhi, chastushki, poslovitsy, pogovorki. [I.V. Stalin in the Songs, Poems, Stories, Fairytales and Proverbs of the Peoples of USSR]
Published/created in: December 1949

£185

A remarkable compendium of texts praising Stalin for his 70th jubilee - with translations into Russian from many various languages and dialects of the USSR. A fine production of the Soviet propaganda machine.

Image for ROMANIA. Regulamentul organik. First edition, Bucarest, 1832. #2

No amputations of hands anymore please

Regulamentul organik [Organic Regulation]

£2,950

No amputations of hands anymore please
[ROMANIA]. Regulamentul organik. [Organic Regulation]
Published/created in: 1832

£2,950

Pleasant, crisp copy of this important legal text of modern Romania, published by a major literary figure. First edition, scarce.

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 SHAKESPEARE & GRIGORIEV. Sheilok [The Merchant of Venice]. First edition of this translation. St. Petersburg, 1860. #2

Praised for its quality

SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator)

Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]

£1,950

Praised for its quality
SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator). Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid. [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]
Published/created in: 1860

£1,950

Very rare translation into Russian of Shakespeare 'Merchant of Venice'. An appealing example.

Image for EPICTETUS, Enchiridion & Apothegms. CEBES, Tabula. First Russian edition, 1759. #2

Greek Stoicism in 18th-century Russia

EPIKTIT [EPICTETUS], Kevit Fiveiskii [CEBES of Thebes] and Grigorii POLETIKA (translator)

Epiktita stoicheskago filosofa Enkhiridion i Apofoegmy i Kevita Fiveiskago Kartina ili Izobrazhenie zhitiia chelovecheskago [Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher's Enchiridion and Apothegms; and The Picture, or a Representation of the Life of Man, by Cebes of Thebes]

£4,350

Greek Stoicism in 18th-century Russia
EPIKTIT [EPICTETUS], Kevit Fiveiskii [CEBES of Thebes] and Grigorii POLETIKA (translator). Epiktita stoicheskago filosofa Enkhiridion i Apofoegmy i Kevita Fiveiskago Kartina ili Izobrazhenie zhitiia chelovecheskago. [Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher's Enchiridion and Apothegms; and The Picture, or a Representation of the Life of Man, by Cebes of Thebes]

Published/created in: 1759

£4,350

An important edition: the first of Epictetus and Cebes in Russia, and one of the first translations of Greek into Russian. Very rare: no copy traced outside Russia.

Image for SRNEC, HORNY, CATO & COMENIUS. Adagia Bohemica, bound with Adagia Catonis. Prague, 1705. #2

Czech proverbs in your pocket

[SRNEC, Jakub] and Franciscus Andreas HORNY [bound with] CATO, Dionysius (?) and John Amos COMENIUS (translator)

Přísloví česká, Aneb Adagia Bohemica [BOUND WITH] Včení Dobrých Mrawu od Mudrce Katona wydané Aneb Moralia Catonis [Czech Proverbs, or Bohemian Adages [bound with] Learning Good Manners of the Wise Cato, published as Moralia Catonis]

£2,450

Czech proverbs in your pocket
[SRNEC, Jakub] and Franciscus Andreas HORNY [bound with] CATO, Dionysius (?) and John Amos COMENIUS (translator). Přísloví česká, Aneb Adagia Bohemica [BOUND WITH] Včení Dobrých Mrawu od Mudrce Katona wydané Aneb Moralia Catonis. [Czech Proverbs, or Bohemian Adages [bound with] Learning Good Manners of the Wise Cato, published as Moralia Catonis]
Published/created in: 1705

£2,450

Attractive small volume, in fine condition, of these two very rare editions focusing on Czech proverbs, theatre, poetry and language. With fine provenances.

Image for Chagall's first book, first edition of his only children book, 1917 #1

Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration

CHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]

A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]

£22,500

Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration
CHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]. A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele. [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]
Published/created in: 1917

£22,500

Chagall's first illustrated book, his only children book, and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration, published the year of the Russian revolution. Very rare, especially in this very good condition: about 5 other copies known.

Image for [TYPOGRAPHY]. Caratteri orientali... First edition, Rome, 1889. #2

From Sanskrit and Chinese, to Samaritan and Coptic

Caratteri Orientali Esistenti nella Tipografia della R. Accad. dei Lincei

£1,250

From Sanskrit and Chinese, to Samaritan and Coptic
[TYPOGRAPHY]. Caratteri Orientali Esistenti nella Tipografia della R. Accad. dei Lincei.
Published/created in: 1889

£1,250

Extremely rare catalogue of oriental types used by the press of one of the most important scientific academy. In great condition - and only one other copy traced (in California).

Image for KRUCHENYKH. Stories and Drawings by Children, first edition in the original Russian, St. Petersburg, 1914. #2

Children's spontaneity and the Avant-Garde

KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei

Sobstvenniie razskazy i risunki detei [Actual Stories and Drawings by Children]

£2,350

Children's spontaneity and the Avant-Garde
KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei. Sobstvenniie razskazy i risunki detei. [Actual Stories and Drawings by Children]
Published/created in: 1914

£2,350

Pleasant example of this curious work, gathering children's texts and drawings within the frame of the buoyant Russian avant-garde. A delicate production, fragile, here is fresh internal condition. First edition.

Image for PICASSO, GONCHAROVA, LARIONOV etc. Grand Bal Travesti - Transmental. First edition, Paris, 1923. #2

The complete set

LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others

Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]

£1,950

The complete set
LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill].
Published/created in: 1923

£1,950

Lovely gathering of three 'ephemera' items produced for the first Russian ball of the avant-garde in Paris - an eclectic show with music and dances in newly designed costumes. With Larionov's ticket, Goncharova's handbill and the famous programme with many artistic contributions.

Image for E. WEISMANN and others. German-Latin-Russian Dictionary. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1731. #2

The first significant German-Russian dictionary

WEISMANN, Erich and others

Teutsch lateinisch und Russisches Lexicon, Samt Denen Anfangs-Gründen der Rußischen Sprache. Nemetsko-Latinskii i Ruskii Leksikon kupno s pervymi nachalami ruskago iazyka

£4,500

The first significant German-Russian dictionary
WEISMANN, Erich and others. Teutsch lateinisch und Russisches Lexicon, Samt Denen Anfangs-Gründen der Rußischen Sprache. Nemetsko-Latinskii i Ruskii Leksikon kupno s pervymi nachalami ruskago iazyka.
Published/created in: 1731

£4,500

Fresh example of this rare, imposing and early German-Latin-Russian dictionary, one of only 11 Russian works printed in Russia that year. One of the earliest works in German printed in Russia.

Image for DICKENS - PLESHCHEEV, first 'Life of Dickens' in Russian, first book edition. #2

Dickens' life for Russian readers

[DICKENS] – PLESHCHEEV, Aleksei Nikolaevich

Zhizn Dikkensa [The Life of Dickens]

£1,450

Dickens' life for Russian readers
[DICKENS] - PLESHCHEEV, Aleksei Nikolaevich. Zhizn Dikkensa. [The Life of Dickens]
Published/created in: 1891 (but censor auth. 17 Nov. 1890)

£1,450

Rare first significant biography of the great Victorian author in Russian, written by an active (and politically engaged) man of letters. First book edition. Apparently no copy in Britain, only at the NYPL and in Sidney outside Russia.

Image for BONAPARTE-WYSE, William. On Occasion of Roumania... Inscribed first edition. Plymouth, 1881. #2

An Irish poet fond of Provencal celebrates Romania's independence and publishes it in Plymouth

BONAPARTE-WYSE, William Charles

On Occasion of Roumania Constituting Herself a Kingdom. An Ode. With a French version by Constant Hennion

£950

An Irish poet fond of Provencal celebrates Romania's independence and publishes it in Plymouth
BONAPARTE-WYSE, William Charles. On Occasion of Roumania Constituting Herself a Kingdom. An Ode. With a French version by Constant Hennion.
Published/created in: 1881

£950

A fascinating multi-cultural work, from Ireland and the UK to France and Romania - in a fine, large-paper example inscribed by the author, a relative of Napoleon. Very rare.

Image for KRYLOV, Ivan. Fables russes. Paris, Didot, 1825. Fine example. #2

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated

KRYLOV – KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich

Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs

£8,750

Russian fables for Europe: illustrated and translated
KRYLOV - KRILOFF, Ivan Andreevich. Basni russkiia [...] Fables russes [...] imitées en vers Français et Italiens par divers auteurs.
Published/created in: 1825

£8,750

Attractive example of this famous edition of Russia's greatest fabulist, in Russian, French and Italian, with engraved plates. A luxury lifetime production, here particularly fresh.

Image for GERNING, SCHÜTZ & MORA. Viage pintoresco por las orillas del Rin. First edition in Spanish, London, 1826. #2

British aquatints of the Rhine for South Americans

[GERNING] – SCHÜTZ, Christian Georg (artist) and Jose Joaquin MORA

Viage pintoresco por las orillas del Rin, desde Maguncia hasta colonia

£7,500

British aquatints of the Rhine for South Americans
[GERNING] - SCHÜTZ, Christian Georg (artist) and Jose Joaquin MORA. Viage pintoresco por las orillas del Rin, desde Maguncia hasta colonia.
Published/created in: 1826

£7,500

Exceptionally rare edition in Spanish of one of the most successful illustrated books of the time, specifically conceived for the South American market. A beautiful copy.

Image for LOMONOSOV, TREDIAKOSVKII, SUMAROKOV. Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe. First edition, 1800. #2

Better than thought

LOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasilievich, Vasilii Kirillovich TREDIAKOVSKII and Alexander Petrovich SUMAROKOV

Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe, à dater de sa naissance jusqu'au règne de Catherine II

£950

Better than thought
LOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasilievich, Vasilii Kirillovich TREDIAKOVSKII and Alexander Petrovich SUMAROKOV. Choix des meilleurs morceaux de la littérature russe, à dater de sa naissance jusqu'au règne de Catherine II.
Published/created in: 1800

£950

Attractive example of the first French anthology of Russian literature, with some of the best authors of the 18th century.

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