![Image for Ch. PEYSSONEL. Verfassung des Handels auf dem Schwarzem Meer [Black Sea trade]. First German edition, Leipzig, 1788. #3](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2847_1-300x400.jpeg)
PEYSSONEL, Charles de, and Ernst CUHN
Die Verfassung des Handels auf dem Schwarzen Meer [Traité sur le commerce de la Mer Noire]
Very rare first German edition of this major work, with much added material showing a geopolitical angle chosen by the translator, a civil servant for the Prussian 'external affairs'. A beautiful copy, in full morocco with prestigious local provenance.
BEAUPLAN, Wilhelm [Guillaume] le VASSEUR de, and Johann Wilhelm MOELLER (transl. and editor)
Beschreibung der Ukraine, der Krim, und deren Einwohner
First German edition, and first separate edition of a translation, of the first book dedicated to Ukraine and Crimea. A fine copy of this edition rarely found on the market, complete with its engraved illustrations.
An important work on the Kiev Lavra Cave monastery, the first non-religious book looking at its history and practices - as well as at Ukrainians at large. Particularly interesting for its tolerant point of view, and its striking illustrations. A complete, fresh copy; rarely found.
![Image for [NARBUT] - GOLLERBAKH. Siluety G. I. Narbuta. First edition, Leningrad, 1926. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2465_1-300x384.jpg)
Fresh example of this important Russian flora, one of the very first published in Russia, showing and describing many species for the first time. First edition.
Lovely copy of this first edition, rare as only 1 copy in the US. An important work gathering Ukrainian proverbs and other phrases never published before or in another form. A fine scientific work with very good provenance.
![Image for ASHIK, A. Vosporskoe tsarstvo [Bosphorus Kingdom], first edition, Odessa, 1848-9. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1921_1-300x332.jpg)
The first significant work on the Greek antiquities on the Black Sea shores. A complete copy of this famous archeological book finely produced in Odessa, here in a luxurious binding. With unusual provenance.
Two scarce and interesting works on the Ukrainian and Polish struggle against Russia, at the height of the Great Game. No copy traced in the last 20 years.
![Image for [UKRAINE, BINDING, PRINTING]. Service for the Dormition of the Virgin. Rare first edition, Kyiv, 1757. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2951_1-300x225.jpg)
A beautiful production of the Kyiv Lavra, here in its fine first binding. First edition, illustrated with delicate ornaments and elaborate initials. Very rare, as no copy traced outside Russian and Ukraine.
Large-format Moscow-printed Gospels in an impressive binding, very well preserved and probably from Ukraine/Western Russia. The binding is especially remarkable for its intricate design on both covers, its detailed contemporary provenance, and its appealing condition.
ORWELL, George and Ivan CHERNIATYNSKYI (transl.; pseud. for Ihor SHEVCHENKO)
Kolhosp tvaryn [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]
Pleasant copy, in the pictorial original wrappers, of this celebrated and important edition, the first Ukrainian translation of Orwell's masterpiece.
Great (if often negative) early account of pre-petrine Russia, with an important portrait of Tsar Alexei and a famous chapter on mushrooms - among many other remarks and anecdotes. Attractive example of the first edition.
First edition of a significant work on Ukraine and its famous Cossacks - but not only, covering also many other aspects of the country's history and geography. A lovely copy, in a nicely decorated binding.
![Image for [UKRAINE - TEXTILE] - Ukrainian Folk Art, 3rd Series. First edition, Poltava, 1912-13. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1938_1-300x187.jpg)
An excellent set of this series on the Ukrainian art of lace and textile decoration, richly illustrated. Very rare, on the market like in libraries. With fine literary and artistic provenance.
Major study of ancient artefacts found in central Ukraine and down to the Black Sea. An impressive production, both scientific and beautiful, and very rare complete of all issues.
Great example of possibly the greatest Ukrainian ABC.
![Image for [POSTCARD]. For a Sovereign Ukraine...! New York, 1951. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/461_1-300x410.jpg)
Great and unusual US-printed postcard for Ukrainian independance from the Soviet Union, shown as an extension of the Russian empire.