FISCHER, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von, and Carl Anton von MEYER
Sertum Petropolitanum seu icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae in horto botanico Petropolitano floruerunt Jardin de Saint-Pétersbourg
Sertum Petropolitanum seu icones et descriptiones plantarum, quae in horto botanico Petropolitano floruerunt. Jardin de Saint-Pétersbourg
Published/created in: 1846 and 1852
£4,500
Unusual work of Russian natural history, finely produced in Saint Petersburg and focusing on the Botanical Garden's Palm House there. In large format and with hand-coloured plates. First edition, rare.
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Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire. [Translated from German by F.W.Blagdon].
Published/created in: 1812
£1,750
Fresh example of this classic travel account through Southern Russia, Ukraine and the Crimea - richly illustrated with original hand-colour. In a sturdy modern binding.
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Stirpium rariorum in Imperio Rutheno sponte provenientium icones et descriptiones.
Published/created in: 1739
£1,950
Fresh example of this important Russian flora, one of the very first published in Russia, showing and describing many species for the first time. First edition.
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Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten.
Published/created in: 1714
£7,500
One of the great accounts of Russia under Peter the Great, as well as Persia, especially remarkable for the wealth of illustrations. Here in a beautifully fresh example of this Dutch edition.
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CHAPPE 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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DEL., C. F. P. [Charles-François-Paul DELANGLARD or Charlotte de LATOUR]
Oracles de Flore
Oracles de Flore.
Published/created in: 1825
£1,950
A fine example of this lovely edition, here in fresh, attractive condition with Russian imperial provenance. With 36 flowers on 6 plates, with original hand-colour.
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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.
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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.
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Rossiia Dalnego Vostoka. [Russia of the Far East]
Published/created in: 1885
£1,850
Extensive description of Eastern Siberia and the region near China. A rare work in very good condition.
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VATAGIN, Vasilii Alekseevich (artist) and Nikolai SHESTAKOV
Ugolok dedushki Durova [Grandfather Durov's Corner]
Ugolok dedushki Durova. [Grandfather Durov's Corner]
Published/created in: 1926
£950
An interesting children book with various aspects, taking inspiration from a real animal theatre but also adding Soviet messages. Fine copy of the first edition, very rare: no other copy traced outside Russia.
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Flora Rossica seu stirpium Imperii Rossici per Europam et Asiam indigenarum descriptiones et icones.
Published/created in: 1784-88
£25,000
One of the two most important floras of Russia, an impressive publication, here in a fine example with desirable Russian provenances: the Kushelev-Bezborodko - Polovtsev - Krylov copy. First edition, complete of both parts.
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[DARWIN, Charles] Charlz DARVIN
O vyrazhenii oshchiushchenii u cheloveka i zhivotnykh [The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]
O vyrazhenii oshchiushchenii u cheloveka i zhivotnykh. [The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]
Published/created in: 1872
£2,350
Darwin's third part of his trilogy, here in the first Russian edition, translated by a very interesting team of young, innovative Russian scientists. Rare in the West.
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