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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 MANU & VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO. Leis de Manu. First edition in Portuguese, Nova Goa, 1859 #2

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa

VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor)

Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]

£2,250

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa
VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor). Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India. [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]
Published/created in: 1859

£2,250

Scarce first edition of this major legal text of ancient India, here in its first Portuguese edition, printed in Nova Goa.

Image for MAYERBERG - MEYERBERG. Iter in Moschoviam... First edition, ca. 1665. #2

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein

MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von

Iter in Moschoviam..

£3,950

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein
MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von. Iter in Moschoviam...
Published/created in: [ca. 1665]

£3,950

Exceptionnally fine example of this important travel account, which includes the first printing out of Russia of Tsar Alexis famous 'Ulozhenie'. A very attractive copy in a lovely if later binding.

Image for S. COLLINS. Present State of Russia. First edition, London, 1671. #2

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms

[COLLINS, Samuel]

The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years

£3,000

Drunk "very unhandsome" Circassian ladies and Russian mushrooms
[COLLINS, Samuel]. The Present State of Russia, in a Letter to a Friend at London, written by an eminent person residing at the great czars court at Mosco [sic] for the space of nine years.
Published/created in: 1671

£3,000

Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, with an important portrait of Tsar Alexei and a famous chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes. Attractive example of the first edition.

Image for [COMMISSION ON LAWS]. Mémoire...à l'organisation de la Commission des Lois... First edition, St. Petersburg, 1804. #2

Reforming the laws of the empire

[LOPUKHIN, Prince Petr, and Nikolai NOVOSILTSEV]

Mémoire Presenté par le Ministère de la Justice Relativement à L'Organisation de la Comission des Lois [...] Suivi d'un Extrait des Rapports [...] sur les Travaux de Cette Commission. Première Partie [All published]

£5,750

Reforming the laws of the empire
[LOPUKHIN, Prince Petr, and Nikolai NOVOSILTSEV]. Mémoire Presenté par le Ministère de la Justice Relativement à L'Organisation de la Comission des Lois [...] Suivi d'un Extrait des Rapports [...] sur les Travaux de Cette Commission. Première Partie [All published].
Published/created in: 1804

£5,750

A fundamental work at the source of a clarification and homogenisation of the laws of the Russian empire at the turn of the 19th century. An excellent copy of this very rare publication: only one copy traced of this French issue of the first edition (Göttingen).

Image for COLLINS, S. Estat présent de la Russie. Edition originale en français, Paris, 1679. #2

Account of 17th-c. Russia from a 'cabinet de lecture'

[COLLINS, Samuel]

Relation curieuse de l'estat present de la Russie

£2,000

Account of 17th-c. Russia from a 'cabinet de lecture'
[COLLINS, Samuel]. Relation curieuse de l'estat present de la Russie.
Published/created in: 1679

£2,000

Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, here in an unusual, uncut copy of the first French edition, from a private lending library with the label detailing its lending conditions. Includes the famous illustrated chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes.

Image for BINDING: Odessa portfolio with silver, Ukraine, 1910. #2

Lovely piece of binding art from Odessa

[ODESSA – BINDING]

Presentation portfolio

£1,950

Lovely piece of binding art from Odessa
[ODESSA - BINDING]. Presentation portfolio.
Published/created in: 1910

£1,950

Odessa's Chief Prosecutor receives a fine leather portfolio with silver plaque - with the original documents preserved.

Image for KONI? A. Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy [Judicial Reform]. First edition, Moscow, 1914. #2

Celebrating progress in Russia's legal system

KONI, Anataolii Fedorovich

Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy. K piatidesiatiletiiu Sudebnykh ustavov. 1864-1914 [Fathers and Children of the Judicial Reform]

£500

Celebrating progress in Russia's legal system
KONI, Anataolii Fedorovich. Otsy i deti sudebnoi reformy. K piatidesiatiletiiu Sudebnykh ustavov. 1864-1914. [Fathers and Children of the Judicial Reform]
Published/created in: 1914

£500

Fine example of this celebratory work, in the pleasant publisher's binding.

Image for CATHERINE the Great. Nakaz. Skt. Peterburg, 1770. #2

A rare example of Russian text of the Enlightenment

[CATHERINE II, the Great]

Nakaz [...] dannyi komissii o sochinenii proekta novogo ulozheniia.
Instruction [...] pour la commission chargee de dresser le projet d'un nouveau code de loix.
Instruction fúr die zu Verfertigung des Entwurfs zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buche verordnete Commission.

Instrvctio [...] coetvi convocato ad conficiendam ideam novi legvm codicis

£3,950

A rare example of Russian text of the Enlightenment
[CATHERINE II, the Great]. Nakaz [...] dannyi komissii o sochinenii proekta novogo ulozheniia.

Instruction [...] pour la commission chargee de dresser le projet d'un nouveau code de loix.

Instruction fúr die zu Verfertigung des Entwurfs zu einem neuen Gesetz-Buche verordnete Commission.

Instrvctio [...] coetvi convocato ad conficiendam ideam novi legvm codicis.
Published/created in: 1770

£3,950

A lovely example of this famous edition of Catherine's celebrated Great Instructions, much inspired by important European philosophers of the Englightenment.

Image for TIMUR & N. OSTROUMOV. Ulozhenie Timura. First edition in Russian. Kazan, 1894. #2

Out of stock

"A famous edition" of a "a very astute system"

TIMUR [also TAMERLAN] and N[ikolai] OSTROUMOV

Ulozhenie Timura (Tamerlana) [The Code of Timur (Tamerlan)]

"A famous edition" of a "a very astute system"
TIMUR [also TAMERLAN] and N[ikolai] OSTROUMOV. Ulozhenie Timura (Tamerlana). [The Code of Timur (Tamerlan)]
Published/created in: 1894

£3,550

A very good copy of this rare first Russian edition of Tamerlan's legal code. No copy traced in the US, only 2 in Europe, both in the UK.

Out of stock

Russian law for Germans

STRUVE, Burkhard Gotthelf (ed.)

Allgemeines russisches Land-Recht : wie solches auf Befehl Ihr. Czaar. Majest. Alexei Michailowicz [General Russian Land Law. As compiled by order of his Royal Majesty Aleksei Mikhailovich]

Russian law for Germans
STRUVE, Burkhard Gotthelf (ed.). Allgemeines russisches Land-Recht : wie solches auf Befehl Ihr. Czaar. Majest. Alexei Michailowicz. [General Russian Land Law. As compiled by order of his Royal Majesty Aleksei Mikhailovich]
Published/created in: 1723

£950

First German translation of the famous 'Ulozhenie', an important edition considering the prime role of Germans in the Russian Empire during the 18th century. In contemporary binding.

Image for BULGARIA - Statute of Eastern Rumelia. First printing, in French, with signatures. Istanbul, 1879. #5

Out of stock

One of the very few copies with original signatures

[BULGARIA & OTTOMAN EMPIRE]

Statut organique de la Roumélie Orientale

One of the very few copies with original signatures
[BULGARIA & OTTOMAN EMPIRE]. Statut organique de la Roumélie Orientale.
Published/created in: 1879]

£4,500

An exceptional example of these regulations negotiated with the Ottoman Empire for one of its regions. This copy is signed twice by all negotiators, and belonged to one of their secretaries. Very rare.

Image for Artikul voinskii... Kiregs-Artickeln... & Ekzertsitsii...Exercitia.... First separate and corrected editions, St. Petersburg, 1755-56. #2

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Another of Peter's innovations: Russia's first military criminal code

Artikul Voinskii s kratkim tolkovaniem i s Protsessami. Kriegs-Artickeln mit beygefügten kurzen Anmerckungen und Processen [BOUND WITH] Ekzertsitsii, Prigotovlenie k marshu, zvaniia i dolzhnosti polkovykh chinov. Exercitia, Marsch und Pflichten wie auch Devoir der Regiments-Chargen [Military Articles... [BOUND WITH] Exercises, Preparation for Marching...]

Another of Peter's innovations: Russia's first military criminal code
. Artikul Voinskii s kratkim tolkovaniem i s Protsessami. Kriegs-Artickeln mit beygefügten kurzen Anmerckungen und Processen [BOUND WITH] Ekzertsitsii, Prigotovlenie k marshu, zvaniia i dolzhnosti polkovykh chinov. Exercitia, Marsch und Pflichten wie auch Devoir der Regiments-Chargen. [Military Articles... [BOUND WITH] Exercises, Preparation for Marching...]
Published/created in: 1755 and 1756

£3,500

Attractive example of these important legal and military texts, rarely found.

Image for [CATHERINE II] C.G. ARNDT. Russisch-Kaiserliche Ordnung... First edition in German; St. Petersburg, 1781-82. #2

Out of stock

Part of Catherine's legislative effort

[CATHERINE THE GREAT] – ARNDT, Christian Gottlieb (translator)

Rußisch-kaiserliche Ordnung der Handels-Schiffahrt auf Flüßen, Seen und Meeren [Russian Imperial Statute of Merchant Shipping on Rivers, Lakes and Seas]

Part of Catherine's legislative effort
[CATHERINE THE GREAT] - ARNDT, Christian Gottlieb (translator). Rußisch-kaiserliche Ordnung der Handels-Schiffahrt auf Flüßen, Seen und Meeren. [Russian Imperial Statute of Merchant Shipping on Rivers, Lakes and Seas]
Published/created in: 1781-82

£650

First developped legislative corpus for maritime trade and merchant shipping. First edition in German, Catherine's native language, printed in Saint Petersburg.

Image for HEFFTER & TAUBE. Evropeskoe mezhdunarodnoe pravo. First Russian edition. Skt. Peterburg, 1880. #2

Out of stock

A European bestseller twice inscribed

GEFTER, Avgust Vilgelm [August Wilhelm HEFFTER] and Konstantin TAUBE (translator)

Evropeiskoe mezhdunarodnoe pravo [European International Law]

A European bestseller twice inscribed
GEFTER, Avgust Vilgelm [August Wilhelm HEFFTER] and Konstantin TAUBE (translator). Evropeiskoe mezhdunarodnoe pravo. [European International Law]
Published/created in: 1880

£1,950

Important legal treatise, here in a fine example of its first Russian edition, inscribed by the translator to his wife, and later to his son.

Image for DILTHEY, Ph. Opy rossiskoi geografii - Essay géographique sur la Russie. First edition, Moscow, 1771-72. #2

Out of stock

From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great

DILTEI Filipp Genrikh – Philippe Henry DILTHEY

Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts

From Ukraine to North America, from the origins to Catherine the Great
DILTEI Filipp Genrikh - Philippe Henry DILTHEY. Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov. Essay géographique sur la Russie avec le blason et la généalogie de la maison regnante, compilé de différens auteurs & manuscripts
Published/created in: 1771[-1772]

£5,750

Detailed and wide-ranging description of the history, peoples and geography of the Russian empire under Catherine the Great. Very rare: only four copies outside Russia, one only in the US.

Image for ORZHIKH, B. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. Nagasaki, 1907. First edition, with wrappers. #2

Out of stock

With the striking wrappers

ORZHIKH, Boris

Albom Bortsov za Svobodu [Album of Freedom Fighters, Pt.1 [all published]]

With the striking wrappers
ORZHIKH, Boris. Albom Bortsov za Svobodu. [Album of Freedom Fighters, Pt.1 [all published]]
Published/created in: 1907

£1,875

Impressive publication of a politically active Russian émigré to Japan. Richly illustrated, here with the original publisher's printed wrappers.

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