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Image for IVANOV. USSR Literacy poster. Petrograd, 1920. #1

"The book is the light of communism"

I[VANOV, Sergei] (artist)

Kniga nichto inoe kak chelovek govoriashchii publichno [A Book Is Nothing Else but an Individual Speaking out Loud]

£1,950

"The book is the light of communism"
I[VANOV, Sergei] (artist). Kniga nichto inoe kak chelovek govoriashchii publichno. [A Book Is Nothing Else but an Individual Speaking out Loud]
Published/created in: 1920

£1,950

A fine, large book-themed poster from the young USSR, with slogans such as "Reading is needed to know how to beat the ennemies of the working class". In superb condition.

Image for V. STASOV - STASOFF, Slavic and Oriental Manuscript Ornament. First edition in the original French and Russian. St. Petersburg, 1884-87. #2

Illuminated manuscripts from Europe to Central Asia through Greece, the Caucasus, Ethiopia and Arabic regions

STASOV – STASOFF, Vladimir Vasilievich

Slavianskii i vostochnyi ornament po rukopisiam drevniago i novago vremeni. L'Ornement slave et oriental d'après les manuscrits anciens et modernes

£1,950

Illuminated manuscripts from Europe to Central Asia through Greece, the Caucasus, Ethiopia and Arabic regions
STASOV - STASOFF, Vladimir Vasilievich. Slavianskii i vostochnyi ornament po rukopisiam drevniago i novago vremeni. L'Ornement slave et oriental d'après les manuscrits anciens et modernes.
Published/created in: 1884-87

£1,950

A complete copy of this magnificent production of high-level Russian art history, here focusing on manuscript decorations over centuries and many various regions, with many superb examples, from Central Europe, Georgia, Armenia, Egypt, Central Asia etc.

Image for [GASTRONOMY] - Broadside of Chinese teas available at Marinin's shops. St. Petersburg, 1843. #2

Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia

Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg

£2,750

Chinese tea in Pushkin's Russia
[GASTRONOMY]. Preis-courant neuerhaltener, ausgesuchter, bester Chinesischer Thee die zu haben sind in den Magazinen der Kaufmanns Gregorius Marinin, in St. Petersburg.
Published/created in: 1843

£2,750

Extremely rare broadside boasting "the all-best" teas from China available at a merchant's in St. Petersburg. The poster contains much interesting information and is illustrated with many Asian scenes. Very fragile but in very good condition.

Image for LEIMAN. Panorama of Tuapse. Photographic panels, 1911. #2

Extremely rare and very long view of a Black Sea port

[LEIMAN (attributed to)]

Panorama of Tuapse

£1,950

Extremely rare and very long view of a Black Sea port
[LEIMAN (attributed to)]. Panorama of Tuapse.
Published/created in: ca. 1911]

£1,950

A small Russian port on the Black Sea with railway works and development: an informative and very rare photographic panorama, impressively long: almost 1.9 metre!

Image for GONCHAROVA & LARIONOV. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne. First edition, Paris, 1919. #2

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs

GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH

L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne

£10,000

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs
GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne.
Published/created in: 1919

£10,000

Fine complete copy of the first, limited edition. With beautiful plates by the two Russian avant-garde artists working for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris, some of these illustrations large and strikingly colourful.

Image for BENNER. Portraits of the Romanovs. First edition, complete copy. Moscow & St. Petersburg, 1817. #2

Fine stipple-engraved portraits

[ROMANOVS] – Henri BENNER

Sobranie 24-kh portretov imperatorskoi familii. Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille impériale

£12,500

Fine stipple-engraved portraits
[ROMANOVS] - Henri BENNER. Sobranie 24-kh portretov imperatorskoi familii. Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille impériale.
Published/created in: [1817]

£12,500

Attractive example of these famous portraits, kept here in their original portfolio and complete with both titles and subscribers' lists. Possibly from the Duchesse de Berry collection.

Image for I. MARCHENKOV. Plan of Moscow. First printing, 1789. #2

"The first truly modern map of Moscow" - with contemporary hand-colour

MARCHENKOV, Ivan

Plan stolichnago goroda Moskvy [Plan of Moscow the Capital City]

£12,500

"The first truly modern map of Moscow" - with contemporary hand-colour
MARCHENKOV, Ivan. Plan stolichnago goroda Moskvy. [Plan of Moscow the Capital City]
Published/created in: 1789

£12,500

An important and decorative plan of the Russian capital, printed the year of the French Revolution. A fine hand-coloured example. Very rare.

Image for N.B. [BOGATOV] and PEROV. Russian Types. Chromolithographs, first edition; Moscow, 1889. #2

No other set traced

N.B. [presumably Nikolai Alekseevich BOGATOV] and Vasilii PEROV (artists)

Russkie tipy [Russian types]

£375

No other set traced
N.B. [presumably Nikolai Alekseevich BOGATOV] and Vasilii PEROV (artists). Russkie tipy. [Russian types]
Published/created in: [ca. 1889]

£375

Lovely set of depictions of various peoples of the Rusisan empire, most probably published for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle'. Of great rarity, as we couldn't find any other example. With (most of) the original printed envelope.

Image for G. GAGARIN. Byzantine and Russian ornaments. First edition, in Russian, St. Petersburg, 1887. #2

Ancient ornaments to enlighten modern architecture

GAGARIN, Prince Grigorii Grigorevich

Sbornik vizantiiskikh i drevne-russkikh ornamentov

£1,500

Ancient ornaments to enlighten modern architecture
GAGARIN, Prince Grigorii Grigorevich. Sbornik vizantiiskikh i drevne-russkikh ornamentov.
Published/created in: 1887

£1,500

The luxuriously crafted first edition of Prince Gagarin's study of medieval Russian and Byzantine ornaments, mostly taken from manuscripts and architectural landmarks. A complete copy.

Image for SARYKULOVA. Grafika Kazakhstana. First edition, Antoshchenko-Olenev's copy. Alma-Ata, 1967. #2

Kazakh art by a woman art historian - with provenance

SARYKULOVA, Gul-Chara [Abutalipovna]

Grafika Kazakhstana [Graphic art of Kazakhstan]

£1,750

Kazakh art by a woman art historian - with provenance
SARYKULOVA, Gul-Chara [Abutalipovna]. Grafika Kazakhstana. [Graphic art of Kazakhstan]
Published/created in: 1967

£1,750

A groundbreaking work on art from Kazakhstan, written by a major female figure of Kazakh art history - this copy with great artistic provenance. First edition, uncommon, a choice copy.

Image for E. FILIPOVSKII. Smert Marii Stuart... First edition, Moscow, 1803. #1

European cross-cultural publication

FILIPOVSKII, Efrem

Smert Marii Stuart, korolevy Shotlandskoi.. [The Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots […]: historical description illustrated with seven prints engraved after English originals […]]

£4,750

European cross-cultural publication
FILIPOVSKII, Efrem. Smert Marii Stuart, korolevy Shotlandskoi... [The Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots […]: historical description illustrated with seven prints engraved after English originals […]]
Published/created in: 1803

£4,750

Complete copy of this bibliographical rarity, a charming book with skilfully engraved plates, and a great witness of cultural exchanges in Europe and Russia in the early 19th century. No copies traced in libraries outside Russia.

Image for [TRETYAKOV GALLERY] Very rare portfolio, Geneva, 1890s. #2

No other copy traced

[RUSSIAN ART] –

Khudozhestvennaia galereia P. i S. Tretiakovykh [The Art Gallery of P. and S. Tretyakov]

£1,500

No other copy traced
[RUSSIAN ART] -. Khudozhestvennaia galereia P. i S. Tretiakovykh. [The Art Gallery of P. and S. Tretyakov]
Published/created in: [early 1890s]

£1,500

Fine, high-quality production showing some of the most famous Russian paintings. An extremely rare Geneva publication.

Image for L. BAKST. Feia kukol. First edition of the postcards, 1904. #2

Charming ballet costumes in postcards

Feia kukol [La Fée des poupées]

£2,750

Charming ballet costumes in postcards
BAKST, Leon. Feia kukol. [La Fée des poupées]
Published/created in: 1904

£2,750

A complete set of these lovely postcards showing ballet costumes by the master of the genre, who would later be central to Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes'.

Image for FOSSATI & BARATTI. Currus triumphales..., First edition, in colour; Venice, 1782. #2

Russians in Venice, celebrated with merchants, peoples of the world and bullfighting

FOSSATI, Giorgio and Domenico, [with] Antonio BARATTI

Currus triumphales ad adventum clarissimorum Moschoviae principum Pauli Petrovitz et Mariae Theodorownae conjugis regali orandum spectaculo in Divi Marci venetiarum foro die 22 Januarii anno MDCCLXXXI

£22,500

Russians in Venice, celebrated with merchants, peoples of the world and bullfighting
FOSSATI, Giorgio and Domenico, [with] Antonio BARATTI. Currus triumphales ad adventum clarissimorum Moschoviae principum Pauli Petrovitz et Mariae Theodorownae conjugis regali orandum spectaculo in Divi Marci venetiarum foro die 22 Januarii anno MDCCLXXXI.
Published/created in: [1782]

£22,500

Fine and scarce Italian "livre de fêtes" with beautiful contemporary colour - with an added suite of prints related to the same event, the Venitian reception of the future Tsar of Russia.

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 CHEKHONIN - EFROS & PUNIN. First edition in English. 1923. #2

Propaganda's beauty

[CHEKHONIN] – EPHROS, Abram and Nikolai PUNIN

S. Chekhonin. A Master of the Soviet Empire Style [and] On the Art of Chekhonin

£1,450

Propaganda's beauty
[CHEKHONIN] - EPHROS, Abram and Nikolai PUNIN. S. Chekhonin. A Master of the Soviet Empire Style [and] On the Art of Chekhonin.
Published/created in: 1923

£1,450

Avant-garde and propaganda's early days: the English version of this celebration of one of most striking Russian artists and designers.

Image for [SOVIET ART]. Graphic Art by Students of the Moscow Proletkult Workshop. First edition. Moscow, 1922. #2

Out of stock

Extremely rare artistic portfolio in Lenin's time

SOKOLOV, [Ilia], [Aleksandr] ZUGRIN, [Fedor] SMIRNOV, and other artists

Grafika studiitsev masterskoi moskovskogo Proletkulta [Graphic Art by Students of the Moscow Proletkult Workshop]

Extremely rare artistic portfolio in Lenin's time
SOKOLOV, [Ilia], [Aleksandr] ZUGRIN, [Fedor] SMIRNOV, and other artists. Grafika studiitsev masterskoi moskovskogo Proletkulta. [Graphic Art by Students of the Moscow Proletkult Workshop]
Published/created in: 1922

£2,000

10 artists and 20 linocuts for this only issue of the works of an important early Soviet artistic organisation. Very rare, with only 2 other copies traced, none in institutions.

Image for A. KOMAROV. Two Postcards on Children's Health. Moscow, 1920s. #2

Out of stock

Navigating the dangers of life

KOMAROV, Aleksei (artist)

Beregite rebenka!... [with] Ne zabyvaite vo vremia zhary poit rebenka… [Protect the child!... [with] Don't forget to give your child boiled water without sugar during the heatwave!]

Navigating the dangers of life
KOMAROV, Aleksei (artist). Beregite rebenka!... [with] Ne zabyvaite vo vremia zhary poit rebenka…. [Protect the child!... [with] Don't forget to give your child boiled water without sugar during the heatwave!]
Published/created in: [1920s]

£275

A pair of lovely and scarce early Soviet postcards encouraging neglecting parents to take care of their child's health. Great message with great imagery, away from the contemporary avant-garde and constructivism.

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