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One of the great accounts of Russia under Peter the Great, as well as Persia, especially remarkable for the wealth of illustrations. Here in a beautifully fresh example of this Dutch edition.
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[BIBLE, Slavonic] – Vailei IKONNIKOV (engraver) and Semen VTOROV (artist)
Evangelie [Gospels]
Very rare, with no copy traced outside Russia, and only two there. First separate edition of the Church Slavonic Gospels published under Catherine's reign, illustrated, complete and in a lovely, fragile velvet binding.
CHAPPE D’AUTEROCHE, Jean-Baptiste and Stepan Petrovich KRASHENINNIKOV
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761; contenant les moeurs, les usages des Russes, et l'etat actuel de cette puissance [and] contenant la description du Kamchatka
A very fresh copy of the first edition of one of the great French travels abroad, and a classic representative of French 18th-century publishing, with many artistic illustrations, engraved maps, and high quality printing. With a wealth of details on Russian, Siberia, the Russian Far East, including Kamchatka and the Northern Pacific.
[PUSHKIN] – Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist)
Rouslane et Ludmile
The first complete poetic French translation of Pushkin's celebrated work. Strikingly illustrated by an original Russian female artist, and this copy inscribed by the translator: a politically-engaged playwright and one of the main figures of the feminist theatre movement in France. Rarely found, and only 500 copies printed.
CHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]
A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]
Chagall's first illustrated book, his only children book, and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration, published the year of the Russian revolution. Very rare, especially in this very good condition: about 5 other copies known.
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PUNIN, Nikolai and P[etr] MITURICH (artist)
Skaz gramotnykh detiam [Tale for Literate Children]
A book like we love them: with many different interesting aspects, from the beautiful gold illlustrations, and the research principle at their source, to the 'missed propaganga' theme of the tale and the tragic fate of his author, Akhmatova's husband, who here added a fine handwritten inscription to the copy. Just fantastic.
KONASHEVICH, Vladimir (artist) and Evgeniia SOLOVEVA
Rozovaia azbuka [Rose (also Pink) ABC]
Only edition of this fine, large-format primer detailing the new Soviet orthography of Russian, illustrated by a master of the genre. A fragile production just after the Russian revolution, and a rare edition.
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DEL., C. F. P. [Charles-François-Paul DELANGLARD or Charlotte de LATOUR]
Oracles de Flore
A fine example of this lovely edition, here in fresh, attractive condition with Russian imperial provenance. With 36 flowers on 6 plates, with original hand-colour.
![Image for NARBUT & KRYLOV. Basni [Fables]. Knebel, Moscow, 1912, first edition with these illustrations. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2817_1-300x400.jpg)
NARBUT, Egor (artist) and Ivan Andreevich KRYLOV
Basni Krylova [Krylov's Fables]
Some of the most famous Russian fables here illustrated by the leading Ukrainian artist. Scarce in this lovely condition.
A most famous plate book on the Crimean War. First edition, a very good example complete of the deluxe version, with the smaller text volume.
GEISSLER, [Christian Gottfried Heinrich], J.G. GRUBER and J. RICHTER
Russische Volke-Vergnügungen [Russian Folk Amusements]
Very rare large-format plates in striking colours, by a master of the genre. Last copy traced on the market: in 1931, incomplete.
Pleasant example, fresh internally, of this famous production of Alexeieff illustrating Pushkin. First edition with these illustrations. One of the "few copies" not for sale.
![Image for [ROMANOVS] Childhood, Education and Young Years of the Russian Tsars. First edition, in the original Russian. Skt. Peterburg, 1914. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/314_1-300x400.jpg)
[ROMANOVS] – Ivan Nikolaevich BOZHERIANOV
Detstvo, vospitanie i leta iunosti russkih imperatorov [Childhood, Education and Young Years of Russian Emperors]
Pleasant and attractive example of this great book, a luxurious, richly illustrated production presenting the childhood of the Romanov tsars over 200 years. First edition, scarce in such condition.
Lavish catalogue of this amazing art collection, now in the best museums of Russia. With more than 100 plates showing items from Byzantine, French, Italian, Caucasian cultures among others. A pleasant example of this volume, now very rarely seen on the market.
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.