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Image for RUSSIAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Evangelie & Desiat poslanii Apostolov [Holy Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in Slavonic and Russian]. First edition in Russian of the Epistles. St. Petersburg, 1820. #2

Produced by British people in St. Petersburg

[BIBLE, RUSSIAN]

Gospoda Nashego Iisusa Khrista Sviatoe Evangelie [...] i Deianii i Desiat Poslanii Sviatykh Apostolov na Slavianskom i Russkom narechii [Holy Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in Slavonic and Russian]

£975

Produced by British people in St. Petersburg
[BIBLE, RUSSIAN]. Gospoda Nashego Iisusa Khrista Sviatoe Evangelie [...] i Deianii i Desiat Poslanii Sviatykh Apostolov na Slavianskom i Russkom narechii. [Holy Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in Slavonic and Russian]
Published/created in: 1820

£975

First edition in Russian of the Pauline Epistles, with the first translation of the Gospels into Russian. An important, politically charged project of the late 1810s in Russia. Very rare, with no copy traced in America.

Image for [RUSSIAN POETRY IN TRANSLATION]. Nachbildungen Russischer Originale. First edition thus, inscribed. Berlin, 1905. #2

Poems inscribed to Pushkin's granddaughter

V. W. [ie. Wilhelm van der VILET]

Nachbildungen Russischer Originale

£975

Poems inscribed to Pushkin's granddaughter
V. W. [ie. Wilhelm van der VILET]. Nachbildungen Russischer Originale.
Published/created in: 1905

£975

Imperial copy of this scarce anthology of Russian poems in a German translation, inscribed to a Grand Duchess of Russia and granddaughter of Russia's greatest poet. Acquired from the Grand Duke's descent.

Image for ALEXEIEFF & SOUPAULT. Chant du Prince Igor. First edition thus. Rolle, 1950. #2

Alexeieff illustrates Russian literature: one of the 'tirages de tête'

ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre (artist) and Philippe SOUPAULT

Chant du Prince Igor

£4,950

Alexeieff illustrates Russian literature: one of the 'tirages de tête'
ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre (artist) and Philippe SOUPAULT. Chant du Prince Igor.
Published/created in: 1950

£4,950

A beautiful work with superb colours. One of only 6 copies on papier de Chine, with an additional print signed by Alexeieff and complete with its suites, kept in the original box. First edition of the plates and of this translation of this important text of Russian literature.

Image for BOSSUET & BEDRINKSII. Politika [Politique tirée de l'Ecriture Sainte]. First Russian edition, St. Petersburg, 1802. In red morocco. #2

The Tsar, like the Sun King, reigns as God's minister

[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator)

Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]

£3,950

The Tsar, like the Sun King, reigns as God's minister
[BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne] Iakov Benign BOSSIUET and Ioann IOANNOV [Ivan BEDRINSKII] (translator). Politika iz samykh slov Sviashchennogo pisaniia. [Politique tirée de l'Écriture sainte]
Published/created in: 1802

£3,950

Excellent copy of this very rare first Russian edition of Bossuet's 'Politique'. No copies traced oustide Russia, including in French or American institutions.

Image for J. BADDELEY. Russia, Mongolia, China. First edition. London, 1919. #2

A splendid copy, unusually bound

BADDELEY, John F

Russia, Mongolia, China

£4,750

A splendid copy, unusually bound
BADDELEY, John F. Russia, Mongolia, China.
Published/created in: 1919

£4,750

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.

Image for MANU & VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO. Leis de Manu. First edition in Portuguese, Nova Goa, 1859 #2

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa

VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor)

Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]

£2,250

Important Indian text printed in Nova Goa
VASCONCELOS GUEDES DE CARVALHO, José de (translator and editor). Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India. [Laws of Manu, India's First Legislator]
Published/created in: 1859

£2,250

Scarce first edition of this major legal text of ancient India, here in its first Portuguese edition, printed in Nova Goa.

Image for MILTON & AVAKOV. Paradise Lost, first Georgian edition. Tbilisi, 1904. #2

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia

MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator)

Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

£950

Paradise Lost in early 20th-c. Georgia
MILTONI, Ioani [John MILTON] and Vartan Bagdasarovich AVAKOV (translator). Dakarguli samotkhe: pirveli tsol-kmris tskhovreba samotkheshi. [Paradise Lost. The Life of the First Husband and Wife in Paradise].

Published/created in: 1904

£950

Very rare first edition in Georgian of Milton's masterpiece. No other copies traced outside Georgia. A very good example in wrappers.

Image for MAYERBERG - MEYERBERG. Iter in Moschoviam... First edition, ca. 1665. #2

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein

MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von

Iter in Moschoviam..

£3,950

One of the best accounts of Russian after Herberstein
MAYERBERG [also MEYERBERG], Baron Augustin von. Iter in Moschoviam...
Published/created in: [ca. 1665]

£3,950

Exceptionnally fine example of this important travel account, which includes the first printing out of Russia of Tsar Alexis famous 'Ulozhenie'. A very attractive copy in a lovely if later binding.

Image for SHAKESPEARE & GRIGORIEV. Sheilok [The Merchant of Venice]. First edition of this translation. St. Petersburg, 1860. #2

Praised for its quality

SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator)

Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]

£1,950

Praised for its quality
SHEKSPIR [William SHAKESPEARE] and Apollon GRIGORIEV (translator). Sheilok, Venetsianskii zhid. [Shylock, The Merchant of Venice [or in this case] The Jew of Venice]
Published/created in: 1860

£1,950

Very rare translation into Russian of Shakespeare 'Merchant of Venice'. An appealing example.

Image for PLESCHEEF - PLESHCHEEV. Survey of the Russian Empire. First edition in English, hand-coloured. London, 1792. #2

Impressive in colour

PLESCHEEF, Sergey (also Sergei MESHKOV-PLESHCHEEV) and James SMIRNOVE (transl.)

Survey of the Russian Empire

£2,750

Impressive in colour
PLESCHEEF, Sergey (also Sergei MESHKOV-PLESHCHEEV) and James SMIRNOVE (transl.). Survey of the Russian Empire.
Published/created in: 1792

£2,750

Fine, unusual copy of this first english edition of the most accurate description of the Russian empire at the end of Catherine the Great's reign. Usually black & white: but this copy with bold, vivid contemporary hand-colour.

Image for PUSHKIN. Eugene Oneguine. First English translation, inscribed. London, 1881. #2

Onegin in English for the first time, "with the translator's compliments"

PUSHKIN, Alexander and Henry SPALDING (transl.)

Eugene Onéguine

£8,000

Onegin in English for the first time, "with the translator's compliments"
PUSHKIN, Alexander and Henry SPALDING (transl.). Eugene Onéguine.
Published/created in: 1881

£8,000

Desirable copy of this landmark translation, the first into English and here inscribed by the translator.

Image for EPICTETUS, Enchiridion & Apothegms. CEBES, Tabula. First Russian edition, 1759. #2

Greek Stoicism in 18th-century Russia

EPIKTIT [EPICTETUS], Kevit Fiveiskii [CEBES of Thebes] and Grigorii POLETIKA (translator)

Epiktita stoicheskago filosofa Enkhiridion i Apofoegmy i Kevita Fiveiskago Kartina ili Izobrazhenie zhitiia chelovecheskago [Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher's Enchiridion and Apothegms; and The Picture, or a Representation of the Life of Man, by Cebes of Thebes]

£4,350

Greek Stoicism in 18th-century Russia
EPIKTIT [EPICTETUS], Kevit Fiveiskii [CEBES of Thebes] and Grigorii POLETIKA (translator). Epiktita stoicheskago filosofa Enkhiridion i Apofoegmy i Kevita Fiveiskago Kartina ili Izobrazhenie zhitiia chelovecheskago. [Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher's Enchiridion and Apothegms; and The Picture, or a Representation of the Life of Man, by Cebes of Thebes]

Published/created in: 1759

£4,350

An important edition: the first of Epictetus and Cebes in Russia, and one of the first translations of Greek into Russian. Very rare: no copy traced outside Russia.

Image for POUCHKINE. Ruslan et Ludmila, première édition en vers, avec envoi, Paris, 1898. #2

Inscribed by the translator, a feminist character

[PUSHKIN] – Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist)

Rouslane et Ludmile

£2,450

Inscribed by the translator, a feminist character
[PUSHKIN] - Alexandre POUCHKINE, Véra STARKOFF (transl.) and Marie EGOROFF (artist). Rouslane et Ludmile.
Published/created in: 1898

£2,450

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.

Image for ZIDE [SIEDE] & GROMOV, Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake... First edition, St. Petersburg, 1798. #2

Tender Embraces in Marriage - or Pastime with Venal Mistresses? Fine copy of a famous rarity

[ZIDE, Iogann Khristoforovich [Johann Christian SIEDE] and Gleb GROMOV (translator)]

Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake i potekhi s liubovnitsami (prodazhnymi) izobrazheny i sravneny pravdoliubom [Tender Embraces in Marriage and Pastime with (Venal) Mistresses, Depicted and Compared by a Truth Seeker]

£9,500

Tender Embraces in Marriage - or Pastime with Venal Mistresses? Fine copy of a famous rarity
[ZIDE, Iogann Khristoforovich [Johann Christian SIEDE] and Gleb GROMOV (translator)]. Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake i potekhi s liubovnitsami (prodazhnymi) izobrazheny i sravneny pravdoliubom. [Tender Embraces in Marriage and Pastime with (Venal) Mistresses, Depicted and Compared by a Truth Seeker]
Published/created in: [1798]

£9,500

A risqué book for Russian readers of the 1800s onwards, celebrated as a rarity by many bibliographers. A lovely copy of the first edition, in contemporary binding and fine condition.

Image for PUSHKIN & ALEXEIEFF. Récits de Ivan Bielkine. First edition thus, Maestricht & Bruxelles, 1929/1930. #2

With some of the best plates of Alexeieff

ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre et Alexandre POUCHKINE [PUSHKIN]

Les Récits de Feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine

£600

With some of the best plates of Alexeieff
ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre et Alexandre POUCHKINE [PUSHKIN]. Les Récits de Feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine.
Published/created in: 1930 [mais Septembre 1929]

£600

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 MALTHUS, Principle of Population in Russian, first edition, 1868. #1

More than a mere translation

MALTUS [Thomas Robert MALTHUS] and P. A. BIBIKOV (transl.)

Opyt o zakone narodonaseleniia ili izlozhenie proshedshago i nastoiashchago deistviia etogo zakona na blagodenstvie chelovecheskago roda […] [Essay on the Law of Population]

£2,750

More than a mere translation
MALTUS [Thomas Robert MALTHUS] and P. A. BIBIKOV (transl.). Opyt o zakone narodonaseleniia ili izlozhenie proshedshago i nastoiashchago deistviia etogo zakona na blagodenstvie chelovecheskago roda […]. [Essay on the Law of Population]
Published/created in: 1868

£2,750

Scarce first Russian edition of a major landmark of economic literature, the Essay on the Principle of Population, first published in English in 1798. An interesting edition with much material added by the translator Bibikov.

Image for Noveishii polnyi pismovnik... St. Petersburg, 1820. #2

How to write letters about everything

Noveishii polnyi pismovnik ili vseobshchyi sekretar [The Newest Complete Letter-Writing Manual, or General Secretary]

£1,750

How to write letters about everything
. Noveishii polnyi pismovnik ili vseobshchyi sekretar. [The Newest Complete Letter-Writing Manual, or General Secretary]
Published/created in: 1820

£1,750

A great resource for any Russian writing letters at the beginning of the 19th century: from love letters in verses to business and administrative correspondance, or official letters to the highest-ranked people, everything is included in this rare work. No copy of this edition traced outside Russia.

Image for Charles P. de KOCK. La Laitière de Montfermeil in Russian, first edition. Skt. Peterburg, 1832. #2

French peasants in Russian literature

KOK, Pol de [Charles Paul de KOCK]

Monfermelskaia molochnitsa [La Laitière de Montfermeil]

£1,450

French peasants in Russian literature
KOK, Pol de [Charles Paul de KOCK]. Monfermelskaia molochnitsa. [La Laitière de Montfermeil]
Published/created in: 1832

£1,450

First Russian edition, rare, in an attractive copy. A great example of cross-cultural literary exchange at the time of some of the best Russian literature.

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