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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.
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]
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.
Attractive small volume, in fine condition, of these two very rare editions focusing on Czech proverbs, theatre, poetry and language. With fine provenances.
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.
![Image for N. PUNIN & P. MITURICH. Skaz gramotnykh detiam [Tale for Literate Children]. First edition of this very rare Russian children book; inscribed. Moscow, 1919 #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2993_1-300x324.jpg)
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.
![Image for [TYPOGRAPHY]. Caratteri orientali... First edition, Rome, 1889. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1670_1-300x429.jpg)
Extremely rare catalogue of oriental types used by the press of one of the most important scientific academy. In great condition - and only one other copy traced (in California).
ZHABOTINSKII, V. (ALTALENA) [also JABOTINSKY]
Piatero [The Five]
Very rare first edition of Jabotinsky's best novel: one of 75 copies on papier Japon, out of a total printrun of only 125 copies. A fine novel about Jabotinsky's native city in Ukraine, Odessa, far from his important Zionist militant activities. In original Russian.
Rare account describing the first 50 years of an innovative hospital for childen based in St. Pertersburg, and the first in the world focusing on very early age (< 3 y-old). With a wealth of statistics and graphs. A pleasant copy, retaining most of its first, luxury binding.
![Image for ZIDE [SIEDE] & GROMOV, Nezhnyia obiatiia v brake... First edition, St. Petersburg, 1798. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/428_1-300x453.jpg)
[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]
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 [ROMANOVS] P. LEBEDEV. Historical album; Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land. First edition, very rare. St. Petersburg, 1875. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2328_1-300x375.jpg)
[ROMANOVS] – P. LEBEDEV (artist)
Istoricheskii albom tysiacheletiia Rossii. Portrety tsarskogo doma zemli russkoi s 862-1862 g [The Millenium of Russia Historical Album. Portraits of the Royal House of the Russian Land 862-1862]
Very rare: no copy traced on the Russian market, no copy traced oustide Russia. A luxury celebration of the Russian rulers, with the use of photography, and fine chomolithography. In an impressive full-leather binding.
An important and decorative plan of the Russian capital, printed the year of the French Revolution. A fine hand-coloured example. Very rare.
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N.B. [presumably Nikolai Alekseevich BOGATOV] and Vasilii PEROV (artists)
Russkie tipy [Russian types]
Lovely set of depictions of various peoples of the Rusisan empire, most probably published for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle'. Of great rarity, as we couldn't find any other example. With (most of) the original printed envelope.
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.
![Image for [CUSTINE] M. ERMOLOV. Encore quelques mots sur l'ouvrage... First edition, Paris, 1843. #2](https://www.pyrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2212_1-300x446.jpg)
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.