Nachalo dobrovolnago flota. [The Beginning of the Voluntary Fleet]
Published/created in: 1890
£2,750
A diplomatic gift from Nikolay II to the French President Felix Faure, in a great, striking binidng boasting the Russian flag. First edition of this fine illustrated work, very rare as only one other copy traced worldwide.
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NABHOLZ, J[ohann] C[hristoph] (engraver)
General Charte Des Caukasischen Geburges [General Map of the Caucasus Mountains]
General Charte Des Caukasischen Geburges. [General Map of the Caucasus Mountains]
Published/created in: 1797]
£1,950
Fine, crisp example of this lovely map of the Caucasus, an early and precise representation of the region, including its many various peoples and ethnic groups. Printed in St. Petersburg, rare, with no other copy traced on the market in recent years.
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Organisation sociale de la Russie. La Noblesse, la Bourgeoisie, le Peuple.
Published/created in: 1864
£2,250
An intelligent analysis of Alexander II's famous reform and emancipation of the serfs. Uncommon, and here in a fantastic example from the author.
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Russia, Mongolia, China.
Published/created in: 1919
£4,750
Impressive example of the first edition, with a signed binding featuring two 1767 Russian coins. One of the greatest 20th-c. books on Eastern Russia, Siberia, and the historical relations with their neighbours. A fascinating and beautiful production.
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MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator)
Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].
Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi. [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].
£950
Very rare first edition in Georgian of Milton's masterpiece. No other copies traced outside Georgia. A very good example in wrappers.
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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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Compositions ornementales.
Published/created in: 1926
£5,950
Fine copy of this first edition, rarely found as no copies traced at auction. The first publication by the talented Ukrainian artist, mixing abstract and cubism in the beautiful and striking pochoir technique integrating shining silver.
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Asia polyglotta.
Published/created in: 1831
£1,750
Impressive work on all languages from the Caucasus to the North Pacific through Central Asia, Siberia, China and the Far East. Very rare on the market.
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BEAUPLAN, Wilhelm [Guillaume] le VASSEUR de, and Johann Wilhelm MOELLER (transl. and editor)
Beschreibung der Ukraine, der Krim, und deren Einwohner
Beschreibung der Ukraine, der Krim, und deren Einwohner.
Published/created in: 1780
£3,250
First German edition, and first separate edition of a translation, of the first book dedicated to Ukraine and Crimea. A fine copy of this edition rarely found on the market, complete with its engraved illustrations.
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Religiosae Kijovienses cryptae, sive Kijovia subterranea: in quibus labyrinthus sub terra, et in eo emortua, à sexcentis annis, divorum atque heroum Graeco-Ruthenorum... corpora.
Published/created in: 1675
£5,500
An important work on the Kiev Lavra Cave monastery, the first non-religious book looking at its history and practices - as well as at Ukrainians at large. Particularly interesting for its tolerant point of view, and its striking illustrations. A complete, fresh copy; rarely found.
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