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Image for [OLD BELIEVERS] - MIATELKOV, F.P. Sviattsy. Manuscript dated 1887. Complete #2

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Finely handwritten and illuminated by a "peasant scribe and artist"

[OLD BELIEVERS] – MIATELKOV, Fedor Petrovich

Sviattsy [Religious Almanac]

[OLD BELIEVERS] - MIATELKOV, Fedor Petrovich, Sviattsy

Complete with bold miniatures and ornaments: a fine Old-Believer manuscript, signed by the scribe and artist. With contemporary provenance.

Image for DILTHEY, Ph. Opy rossiskoi geografii - Essay géographique sur la Russie. First edition, Moscow, 1771-72. #2

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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

DILTEI Filipp Genrikh - Philippe Henry DILTHEY, Opyt rossiiskoi geografii s tolkovaniem gerbov i s rodosloviem tsarstvuiushchego doma, sobrannyi iz raznyh avtorov i manuskriptov

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 KRAFFT, H. A Travers le Turkestan russe. First edition, Paris, 1902. #2

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Central Asia in beautifully subtle tones

KRAFFT, Hugues

A Travers le Turkestan Russe

KRAFFT, Hugues, A Travers le Turkestan Russe

Remarkable photographic record of nowadays Uzbekistan and neighbouring regions - a beautiful, luxury production, and a fine example, inscribed by the photographer and author.

Image for DEMIDOV, A. and RAFFET. Voyage dans la Russie méridionale... First edition of the preferred folio format. Paris, 1848. #2

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Extra-illustrated, in a signed binding

DEMIDOFF, Anatole de [Anatolii DEMIDOV], and Denis Auguste RAFFET (artist)

Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie, et la Moldavie

DEMIDOFF, Anatole de [Anatolii DEMIDOV], and Denis Auguste RAFFET (artist), Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie, et la Moldavie

An unusual and attractive copy of this classic plate book, here with plates in various states and with contemporary provenance.

Image for SUZUKI, Y. Shin Roshia - New Russia. First edition, Tokyo, 1932-33. #2

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The striking achievements of the young USSR seen from Japan

SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor)

Shin Roshia [New Russia]

SUZUKI, Yukiyasu (editor), Shin Roshia

Fine photographic illustrations of Soviet Russia for a Japanese audience. First edition, a complete set.

Image for GLADKY, S. & A. SALMON. Synthese du costume theatral. First edition, Paris, 1927. #2

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Cubist theatrical impressions

GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON

Synthèse du costume théâtral

GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON, Synthèse du costume théâtral

One of only 170 copies of this beautiful album of fresh and striking plates. In a fine modern binding.

Image for CHEREPANOV. Vidy Solovetskogo Monateria. Arkhangelsk, 1884. #2

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A future Gulag camp - printed in Arkhangelsk

CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher)

Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria [Views of the Solovetskii Monastery and its Environs]

CHEREPANOV, V. (publisher), Vidy Mestnostei Solovetskogo Monasteria

A lovely work showing many views of a great Orthodox monastery, and future Soviet camp. Printed in a major port of the White Sea.

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

'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.

Image for SHCHERBATOVA, O. Po Indii i Tseilonu [Across India and Ceylon]. First edition, Moscow, 1892. #2

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A Russian woman discovers Southern India

SHCHERBATOVA, Olga Aleksandrovna

Po Indii i Tseilonu. Moi putevyia zametki 1890-91 [Across India and Ceylon. My Travel Notes 1890-91]

SHCHERBATOVA, Olga Aleksandrovna, Po Indii i Tseilonu. Moi putevyia zametki 1890-91

Wide-ranging travel account, illustrated with a wealth of photographs, some taken by the author, a remarkable Russian princess fond of travels. A fine example of this scarce first edition.

Image for BAKST, L. Inedited works. First edition with dust jacket. 1927 #2

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In luminous pochoir with silver highlights

[BAKST] – REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER

Inedited Works of Bakst

[BAKST] - REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER, Inedited Works of Bakst

Among the best representations of Bakst's costumes for the Ballets Russes, here with the rare dust-jacket in very good condition.

Image for BILIBIN, Skazki. Siw in one volumes - with Vasnetsov's Pushkin. #2

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All in One

Ivan BILIBIN, Viktor VASNETSOV (artists) and Alexander PUSHKIN

Skazki, bound with Pesn o Veshchem Olege [Folk Tales] and [The Song of the Wise Oleg]

Ivan BILIBIN, Viktor VASNETSOV (artists) and Alexander PUSHKIN, Skazki, bound with Pesn o Veshchem Olege

All of Bilibin's famous portrait illustrations for Pushkin's tales bound in one single volume - very unusual, and in lovely condition.

Image for RUF ANANIN, Kharbin v krivom zerkale, 1930s, complete set of postcards. #2

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"International city": Russian caricatures in Japanese China

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist)

Kharbin v krivom zerkale [Harbin in a crooked mirror]

RUF [pseud. for Ruf Sozonovich ANANIN] (artist), Kharbin v krivom zerkale

Witty depictions of the Russian diaspora in Harbin under Japanese occupation. A complete set of these fine postcards, within the printed wrappers: very rare so.

Image for Blinov, illuminated manuscript of a Saint's life, signed #1

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"Так писали прежде для царей"

[OLD BELIEVERS] – BLINOV, Ivan Gavrilovich (scribe)

Zhitie Feodora Studita [The Life of Feodor Studit].

[OLD BELIEVERS] - BLINOV, Ivan Gavrilovich (scribe), Zhitie Feodora Studita

Beautiful illuminated manuscript produced by one of the best scribes of the early 20th-century Russia; very fresh and in its original binding.

Image for The book of the Apocalypse with beautiful, gold-highlighted full-page plates #1

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Striking full-page lithographs with gold highlights

[BIBLE, Slavonic] –

Kniga Apokalipsis [...]. Sviatago Andreia Arkhiepiskopa Kesariia Kapadokiiskago skazanie Apokalipsi sviatago Apostala Evangelista Ioanna Bogoslova sokrovennyh otkrovenie [The Book of the Apocalypse].

[BIBLE, Slavonic] -, Kniga Apokalipsis [...]. Sviatago Andreia Arkhiepiskopa Kesariia Kapadokiiskago skazanie Apokalipsi sviatago Apostala Evangelista Ioanna Bogoslova sokrovennyh otkrovenie

A luxury production of the Old Believers' printing press, with gold highlights, very much imitating their richly illustrated manuscripts.

Image for Bruce's Calendar fully engraved #1

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Astrology and predictions in Russia

[BRUCE’S CALENDAR]

[The Book, Called Bruce's Calendar] Kniga, imenuemaia Brusovskoi kalendar.

[BRUCE'S CALENDAR], [The Book, Called Bruce's Calendar]

Complete example of an early, fully engraved edition of this famous, richly illustrated civil calendar, with predictions to the 20th century. A fine example with provenance charmingly handwritten. "A great rarity" writes Bitovt.

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From amber mining to sable hunting on ski

BRAND, Johann Arnold von

Reysen durch die Marck Brandenburg, Preussen, Churland, Liefland, Peßcovien, Groß-Naugardien, Tweerien und Moskovien […] anbey Eine Seltsame und sehr Anmerckliche Beschreibung von Siberien […]

BRAND, Johann Arnold von, Reysen durch die Marck Brandenburg, Preussen, Churland, Liefland, Peßcovien, Groß-Naugardien, Tweerien und Moskovien […] anbey Eine Seltsame und sehr Anmerckliche Beschreibung von Siberien […]

A very rich and overlooked 17th-c. travel account, with quantity of original material on Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Siberia, including music and songs in the vernacular, as well as many engraved plates, especially on amber mining, sable hunting on ski and Easter celebrations in Moscow. A rare Rossica, especially in contemporary binding.

Image for Barbier, Danses de Nijinsky, 1913 #1

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A lovely, fresh example

BARBIER, George and Francis de MIOMANDRE

Dessins sur les Danses de Vaslav Nijinsky

BARBIER, George and Francis de MIOMANDRE, Dessins sur les Danses de Vaslav Nijinsky

Beautiful art-deco interpretations of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, seen here through the combined geniuses of Barbier and Nijinsky, in the early and most successful years of Diaghilev's entreprise. A rare book in such a lovely condition.

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