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Image for GEREBTZOFF [ZHEREBTSOV]. Essai sur l'histoire de la civilisation en Russie. First edition. Paris, 1858. #2

Russia explained - with a twist

GEREBTZOFF, Nicolas de [Nikolai Arsenevich ZHEREBTSOV]

Essai sur l'histoire de la civilisation en Russie

£1,450

Russia explained - with a twist
GEREBTZOFF, Nicolas de [Nikolai Arsenevich ZHEREBTSOV]. Essai sur l'histoire de la civilisation en Russie.
Published/created in: 1858

£1,450

A fine example of the very first edition, originally published in French; fresh, in a master binding. Scarce, as we couldn't trace any copies at auction in many decades. An extensive work covering the history of Russia and the Russian empire, with a slavophile accent.

Image for J. BADDELEY. Russia, Mongolia, China. First edition. London, 1919. #2

A splendid copy, unusually bound

BADDELEY, John F

Russia, Mongolia, China

£4,750

A splendid copy, unusually bound
BADDELEY, John F. 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.

Image for P. RYCHKOV. Essay on the History of Kazan. First edition, in original Russian, St. Petersburg, 1767. #2

First edition of a groundbreaking work on one of Russia's major regions

Opyt kazanskoi istorii drevnikh i srednikh vremian [Essay on the History of Kazan in Ancient Times and the Middle Ages]

£10,000

First edition of a groundbreaking work on one of Russia's major regions
RYCHKOV, Petr. Opyt kazanskoi istorii drevnikh i srednikh vremian. [Essay on the History of Kazan in Ancient Times and the Middle Ages]
Published/created in: 1767

£10,000

A major work in Catherine the Great's active discovery of her empire: the first printed book on Kazan, its history and the Tatar region. First edition, in contemporary binding. Rare: the last copy at auction in the West was 50 years ago.

Image for CRULL & BOUVET, Moscovy and China, first edition. London, 1699. #2

In a binding with deer tools

[CRULL, Jodocus] (editor) and J[oachim] BOUVET

The Present Condition of the Muscovite Empire, till the Year 1699. In Two Letters: the First from a Gentleman, Who Was Conversant with the Muscovite Ambassadour in Holland: the Second from a Person of Quality at Vienna, Concerning the Late Muscovite Embassy, His Present Czarish Majesty; the Russian Empire; and Great-Tartary. With the Life of the Present Emperour of China

£3,750

In a binding with deer tools
[CRULL, Jodocus] (editor) and J[oachim] BOUVET. The Present Condition of the Muscovite Empire, till the Year 1699. In Two Letters: the First from a Gentleman, Who Was Conversant with the Muscovite Ambassadour in Holland: the Second from a Person of Quality at Vienna, Concerning the Late Muscovite Embassy, His Present Czarish Majesty; the Russian Empire; and Great-Tartary. With the Life of the Present Emperour of China.
Published/created in: 1699

£3,750

Russian and China at the end of the 17th century, in a lovely binding with deer tools. A fine example of the first edition, the Macclesfield copy.

Image for WEYDEMEYER. Tableaux...de l'Empire de Russie. First edition, St. Petersburg, 1828. #2

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience

WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de

Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique

£3,250

Mapping Russia's history and development for an international audience
WEYDEMEYER, Alexandre de. Tableaux historiques, chronologiques, geographiques et statistiques de l'Empire de Russie, avec une carte généalogique.
Published/created in: 1828

£3,250

First edition of this impressive wide-ranging work, finely printed by Pluchart in St. Petersburg. A scarce publication, with a wealth of information on the Russian empire up to Pushkin's time.

Image for J. WICHSELL. Description of Russia in Swedish. First edition, Stockholm, 1706. #2

A censored work - in amazing condition

[WICHSELL, Jöran]

Beskrifning om Rysslands Belägenhet/ Gräntzor/ Landskaper/ Städer/ Styrelse/ Macht/ Plägseder och andra Beskaffenheter nu för tijden

£2,950

A censored work - in amazing condition
[WICHSELL, Jöran]. Beskrifning om Rysslands Belägenhet/ Gräntzor/ Landskaper/ Städer/ Styrelse/ Macht/ Plägseder och andra Beskaffenheter nu för tijden.
Published/created in: 1706

£2,950

An exceptionnal example, uncut, unopened and unbound, of a banned and later destroyed account of Peter the Great's Russia. First edition, rare.

Image for TUMANSKII, F. Peter the Great. Rare first edition, St. Petersburg, 1788. #2

Peter's early days: a scarce, illustrated edition

TUMANSKII, Fedor

Polnoe opisanie deianii ego velichestva gosudaria imperatora Petra Velikago [A Complete Description of the Deeds of Peter the Great]

£5,950

Peter's early days: a scarce, illustrated edition
TUMANSKII, Fedor. Polnoe opisanie deianii ego velichestva gosudaria imperatora Petra Velikago. [A Complete Description of the Deeds of Peter the Great]
Published/created in: 1788

£5,950

An early Russian biography of Peter the Great, illustrated and noted for its rarity. Pleasant example in contemporary binding.

Image for SYTIN, Lubki. Moscow, 1880s. #2

Striking 'lubki' in great condition

SITINE [Ivan SYTIN] (publisher)

Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover]

£4,750

Striking 'lubki' in great condition
SITINE [Ivan SYTIN] (publisher). Images et dessins populaires russes jusqu'a 1860 [Title on cover].
Published/created in: 1887-89

£4,750

Some great imagery in a rare volume of 85 plates - mostly military but only, with many themes strikingly depicted. A rare item of Russian folk art, here in fine condition.

Image for Tablettes chronologiques de la Monarchie de Russie. Manuscrit, ca. 1785. #1

Manuscript history in your pocket

Tablettes chronologiques de la Monarchie de Russie

£3,950

Manuscript history in your pocket
[BARRIÉRA]. Tablettes chronologiques de la Monarchie de Russie.
Published/created in: late 18th c.]

£3,950

A lovely manuscript booklet finely bound, showing all important events of Russia's history up to 1784 - very unusual, attractive and informative, possibly connected to Tsar Nicholas I.

Image for LOUKOMSKI, G. Le Kreml de Moscou. Paris, c. 1927-28. Complete first edition #1

One of the greatest museums of Russia

LOUKOMSKI [LUKOMSKII] Georgii Krestsenovich

Le Kreml (Kremlin) de Moscou. Ses cathédrales, ses palais et ses trésors d'art

£250

One of the greatest museums of Russia
LOUKOMSKI [LUKOMSKII] Georgii Krestsenovich. Le Kreml (Kremlin) de Moscou. Ses cathédrales, ses palais et ses trésors d'art.
Published/created in: [ca. 1927-28]

£250

A complete example of this impressive photographic survey of the Kremlin and its fantastic museums.

STRUVE, Burkhard Gotthelf (ed.)

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

Out of stock

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.

Out of stock

Important early eyewitness description of Siberia and China

Beschreibung der Chinesischen Reise : welche vermittelst einer zaaris. Gesandschaft durch dero Ambassadeur, Herrn Isbrand, Ao. 1693, 94 und 95 von Moscau über Groß-Ustiga... und durch die Mongolische Tartarey verrichtet worden

Important early eyewitness description of Siberia and China
BRAND, Adam. Beschreibung der Chinesischen Reise : welche vermittelst einer zaaris. Gesandschaft durch dero Ambassadeur, Herrn Isbrand, Ao. 1693, 94 und 95 von Moscau über Groß-Ustiga... und durch die Mongolische Tartarey verrichtet worden.
Published/created in: 1698

£8,500

A rich diminutive volume, with much new material on Eastern Russia and China, including Ludolf's first descriptions of Russia - scarce first edition, the Macclesfield copy.

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 SOLLOGUB, A. Rossiia 862-1917. New York, 1973. Second edition. #2

Out of stock

'Lord, Save Russia!'

SOLLOGUB, Apollon

Rossiia. 862-1917 [Russia]

'Lord, Save Russia!'
SOLLOGUB, Apollon. Rossiia. 862-1917. [Russia]
Published/created in: 1973

£175

A take on Russian history, with a large quantity of illustrations and in fine condition.

Out of stock

Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople]

Russia, Persia and China at the time of Peter the Great
BELL, John. Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia [to Ispahan...to Pekin through Siberia...from Mosco to Derbent in Persia... A Journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople].
Published/created in: 1763

£1,000

The preferred first edition in the Quarto format; with the folding map of Siberia up to China.

Image for STRAHLENBERG, Ph. Description - with map - in English. London, 1738. #2

Out of stock

With the large map of the Russian Empire

STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von

An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary

With the large map of the Russian Empire
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von. An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia; but More Particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary.
Published/created in: 1738

£7,500

Fine, fresh example of this famous work, with its impressive map but also with important illustrations and a wide-ranging content on Siberia and other Russian regions.

Image for COUTEPOFF, Tsarskaia Okhota in French, first edition, St. Petersbourg, 1896-1900. #2

Out of stock

In a most unusual, remarkable artist binding

COUTÉPOFF, Nicolas [KUPEPOV, Nikolay Ivanovich]

La Chasse grand-ducale et tsarienne en Russie. Période du Xe au XVIe siècle [with] La Chasse tsarienne en Russie. XVIIe siècle

In a most unusual, remarkable artist binding
COUTÉPOFF, Nicolas [KUPEPOV, Nikolay Ivanovich]. La Chasse grand-ducale et tsarienne en Russie. Période du Xe au XVIe siècle [with] La Chasse tsarienne en Russie. XVIIe siècle.
Published/created in: 1896-1900

£15,000

'Tsarskaia Okhota': the greatest Russian hunting book in a spectacular and most unusual Belgian binding made of cuir repoussé, incoporating Samokish's design of a falcon with open wings. A great example of this striking luxury book.

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