BRIKNER, Aleksandr Gustavovich [also BRUCKNER]
Istoriia Petra Velikogo [Life of Peter the Great]
Pleasant copy of this standard work on the history of Tsar Peter I. Richly illustrated.
Very rare small-format school atlas showing the development of the Russian Empire during 1000 years, and its extent at its height. With original hand-colour. No other physical copies traced, including in Russia.
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An extremely rare and very intriguing publication, mixing Russian language, Latin types and Swedish political agenda at the end of the 17th century - just before the wars of Peter the Great and Charles XII. Apparently no copy in Russia; this being the second or third copy traced. A fine example.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An exceptionnal example, uncut, unopened and unbound, of a banned and later destroyed account of Peter the Great's Russia. First edition, rare.
An early Russian biography of Peter the Great, illustrated and noted for its rarity. Pleasant example in contemporary binding.
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.
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.
A complete example of this impressive photographic survey of the Kremlin and its fantastic museums.
STRAHLENBERG, Philipp Johann von and Johan Anton von MATERN (cartographer)
Nova descriptio geographica Tattariæ Magnæ.
Fine example of this celebrated, large map; first edition, here in its separately-published version. A very important cartographic document for Russian history and Siberia in particular. Uncommon.
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]
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.
Attractive example of these important legal and military texts, rarely found.
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.
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
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.