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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[RODCHENKO, Aleksandr (artist)] and Aleksei KRUCHENYKH
Miatezh. Kniga IX [Mutiny. Book IX]
Miatezh. Kniga IX. [Mutiny. Book IX]
Published/created in: 1920-21
£33,000
Extremely rare work of the Russian avant-garde, with a unique collage by Rodchenko and Kruchenykh's surrealist poem-tale of "the American Goat". One of about 10 copies only, with just another one traced, in Moscow's State Library.
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Evangelie Iisusa Khrista. [Gospels of Jesus Christ]
Published/created in: 1791
£14,500
Large-format Moscow-printed Gospels in an impressive binding, very well preserved and probably from Ukraine/Western Russia. The binding is especially remarkable for its intricate design on both covers, its detailed contemporary provenance, and its appealing condition.
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Arkhipelag GULAG. [The Gulag Archipelago]
Published/created in: 1973-75
£2,250
First edition of Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus on the prison camp system and his best work, here in a choice copy inscribed to a leading broadcaster for the BBC Russian service in London.
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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.
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Zhitie prepodobnago ottsa nashego Vasiliia novago spisannoe Grigoriiem ouchenikom ego. [Life of Our Father Basil the Younger recounted by his Student Gregory]
Published/created in: late 18th century]
£28,500
Beautiful, richly illustrated Old-Believer manuscript, with an unusual style and unusual pinholes in the images. A fine item in its first binding.
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BURTSOV, Vasilii (also BURTSEV)
[Bukvar] Nachalne uchenie ch[e]l[o]v[e]kom khotiashchim razumeti bozh[es]tvenago pisaniia [ABC, or Primer]
[Bukvar] Nachalne uchenie ch[e]l[o]v[e]kom khotiashchim razumeti bozh[es]tvenago pisaniia. [ABC, or Primer]
Published/created in: 7142 [ie. 1634]
£45,000
The first primer printed in Russia, first edition, in a great, complete example almost without restoration, and in its contemporary binding allowing generous margins showing an extremely rare typographic sign. A great rarity, with only one copy in public libraries outside Russia.
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Poema bez Geroia. Triptikh. 1940-1962. Leningrad-Tashkent-Moskva. [Poem Without a Hero. Triptych. 1940-1962. Leningrad-Tashkent-Moscow]
£3,650
An interesting and very unusual item: a samizdat copy of Akhmatova's masterpiece, bound in the poetess' dress, with a lengthy inscription detailing part of the provenance.
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[Under the Open Skies [bound with:] Poems and Short stories]
Pod otkrytym nebom [bound with:] Stikhi i Rasskazy
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[Under the Open Skies [bound with:] Poems and Short stories]Published/created in: 1898, 1900
£3,250
A lovely volume with two first editions, including one inscribed by Bunin. Both works are rarely found.
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A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians.
Published/created in: 1804
£16,500
One of the most beautiful and impressive British works on Russia, with many great plates in fine colouring. Here unusually bound in a luxury full red morocco gilt signed.
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[OLD BELIEVERS] – MIATELKOV, Fedor Petrovich
Sviattsy [Religious Almanac]
Sviattsy. [Religious Almanac]
Published/created in: 1887
£7,500
Complete with bold miniatures and ornaments: a fine Old-Believer manuscript, signed by the scribe and artist. With contemporary provenance.
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DOSTOEVSKY, Fedor Mikhailovich
Besy [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]
Besy. [The Devils, sometimes The Possessed or Demons]
Published/created in: 1873
£75,000
The best example we've handled of the first edition of this important Russian novel.
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Sobranie stikhotvorenii, otnosiashchikhsia k nezabvennomu 1812 godu. [A Collection of Poems Related to the Unforgettable Year of 1812]
Published/created in: 1814
£10,850
A "most important monument of Russian culture and literature": one of the - if not the - first thematic anthologies of Russian poetry at the dawn of its Golden Age. An exceptional example, uncut in its original pink printed wrappers, of these very rare two volumes.
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BLIOKH, Ivan Stanislavovich [also Jan Gotlib BLOCH]
Sravnenie materialnogo byta i nravstvennogo sostoianiia naseleniia v cherte osedlosti evreev i vne ee: tsifrovyia dannyia i izsledovaniia po otnosheniiu k evreiskomu voprosu [Comparison of the Living Standards and Moral State of the Population within the Pale of Settlement and Outside: Digital Data and Research in Relation to the Jewish Question]
Sravnenie materialnogo byta i nravstvennogo sostoianiia naseleniia v cherte osedlosti evreev i vne ee: tsifrovyia dannyia i izsledovaniia po otnosheniiu k evreiskomu voprosu. [Comparison of the Living Standards and Moral State of the Population within the Pale of Settlement and Outside: Digital Data and Research in Relation to the Jewish Question]
Published/created in: 1889 or 1901]
£19,500
The condition of the Jewish settlements in the Russian empire: a fascinating analysis -and defence- through a wealth of data and their visual representation. An exceptionally rare Russian book of statistics with a political angle.
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[OLD BELIEVERS] – BLINOV, Ivan Gavrilovich (scribe)
Zhitie Feodora Studita [The Life of Feodor Studit]
Zhitie Feodora Studita. [The Life of Feodor Studit]
Published/created in: 7411 [1903]
£6,500
Beautiful illuminated manuscript produced by one of the best scribes of the early 20th-century Russia; very fresh and in its original binding.
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[BOUND WITH:]
Lateinisch-Rußisch und Teutsches Vocabularium. Latino-rossiiskaia i nemetskaia slovesnaia kniga.
[BOUND WITH:]
Poshlinnoi Tarif […]. Zoll-Tarif […]
Morskii poshlinnyi reglament ili ustav […] Neues See-Zoll-Reglement […]
[BOUND WITH:]
Lateinisch-Rußisch und Teutsches Vocabularium. Latino-rossiiskaia i nemetskaia slovesnaia kniga.
[BOUND WITH:]
Poshlinnoi Tarif […]. Zoll-Tarif […].
Published/created in: 1731 and 1732
£12,500
An exceptional sammelband for Russo-German sea trade under the Germanophile Tsarina Anna Ivanovna, containing three rare and early Russian publications: the first bilingual editions of the new duty statute and of the customs tariff, together with a trilingual dictionary. A lovely, fresh example in contemporary binding.
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