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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Picture of St. Petersburg,. represented in a Collection of Twenty interesting Views of the City, the Sledges, and the People. Taken on the Spot, at the twelve different Months of the Year: and accompanied with an Historical and Descriptive Account
Published/created in: 1815
£14,500
A finely bound copy of this cornerstone of any Russian, or indeed colour-plate collection, showing the Northern Capital in colours and in all seasons, as Napoleon would have seen it if....
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Pisma o vostochnoi Sibiri. [Letters on Eastern Siberia]
Published/created in: 1827
£3,950
A fine, uncut copy of the first edition of this uncommon Russian book on Siberia and the Chinese border, illustrated, and giving an account of the second British mission in Russia. Praised by Gogol among others.
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Encore quelques mots sur l'ouvrage de M. de Custine : La Russie en 1839.
Published/created in: 1843
£225
First edition of this 'comment' on Custine's celebrated description of Russia, part of a counter-propaganda campaign by the Russian empire. Very rare: no copy traced on the market nor in Americas.
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Petersburg in Bildern und Skizzen.
Published/created in: 1841
£425
Attractive example of this unusually wide-ranging description of Russia and its northern capital, from food to libraries and many other subject matters. First edition, with its fine folding map of the city.
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Stein and Pozzo di Borgo as portrayed by His Excellency Count Ouvaroff, Minister of Public Instuction in the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1847
£395
Interesting historical sketch by and of important statesmen, here inscribed by the translator to Napoleon III. A rare essay.
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Rossiiskaia statistika. [Statistics of Russia]
Published/created in: 1832
£1,750
Fascinating read about Russia under Tsar Alexander I, the Russia which saw Napoleon, Krylov, Griboedov, Pushkin... Atrractive example of the first edition, with a wealth of information on all themes. Very rare in the West.
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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.
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Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema. [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem]
Published/created in: 1842
£39,500
A pinacle of humour and Russia's second great novel (after Lermontov's 'Hero of our Times'), here in a fine example of the first edition, with the very rare and famous upper wrapper.
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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.
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ERMOLOV, Aleksei Petrovich, also YERMOLOV
Zapiski Alekseia Petrovicha Ermolova o voine 1812 goda [Notes of Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov about the war of 1812]
Zapiski Alekseia Petrovicha Ermolova o voine 1812 goda. [Notes of Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov about the war of 1812]
Published/created in: 1863
£1,250
Important eye-witness account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia: scarce first edition published in London because banned in Russia.
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Mekhanicheskii Teatr Sveta. Obiavlenie. [Mechanical Theatre of Light. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1833
£500
Rare broadside for series of entertainments in Moscow, including an optical theatre of animated figures by a versatile performer and craftsman.
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Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie. [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]
Published/created in: 1834
£650
Rare broadside for an impressive Russian kinetozographic theatre of 400 animated figures in Pushkin's Moscow, by a hot-air balloon enthusiast now in the Guinness World Records.
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Petit manuel russe à l'usage des Français. Ouvrage propre à faciliter l'intelligence de la langue russe ; dans lequel les mots russes sont représentés avec leur prononciation figurée en caractères français et prosodiée.
Published/created in: 1819
£1,000
How to get by in St. Petersburg in (phonetic) Russian during Pushkin's time: a great guide for the higher society. Uncommon.
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PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich, Sergey LIFAR and Prof. M. L. GOFMAN (editors)
Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]
Puteshestvie v Arzrum vo vremia pokhoda 1829 goda. [Journey to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829]
Published/created in: 1934
£2,950
Pushkin's best travel account in a fine bibliophilic edition, one of 50 'ad nominem' copies only, this one for Valerian Svetlov.
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