Russian spas in Pushkin's time
Publication: Kays. Akad. d. Wiss., St. Petersburg, 1820.
Attractive example of this rare study, printed in St. Petersburg by the renown Academy of Sciences.
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A detailed and systematic description of the mineral springs of the Russian Empire, along with a bibliography of Russian and foreign publications on the subject. Complete with its folding map of the empire and maps of regions including St. Petersburg, Moscow, Irkutsk, Kharkiv, Orenburg and Tauridas.
Alexander Nicolaus Scherer (1771–1824) was a St. Petersburg-born German chemist and pharmacologist. After graduating from university in Germany, Scherer returned to Russia to teach chemistry and pharmacy, replacing the outdated textbooks he encountered with his own works based on the latest research by other prominent chemists of the time, including Lavoisier, Fourcroy and Tromsdorff. Scherer also introduced a much more practical approach to teaching and proved instrumental in the creation of the Pharmaceutical Society of St. Petersburg. In 1815 he became a full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, which published the present volume.
Bibliography
Engelmann, Bibliotheca geographica 855; Ferchl 477; Poggendorff II, 789; ADB XXXI, 101; Cat. Russica S-414.
Item number
2088
Octavo (20.5 x 13 cm). pp. xviii, including title, 340, with large folding map of Russian Empire and 10 maps of regions with outlines in contemporary colour.
Binding
Contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine.
Condition
Binding a bit rubbed, joints slightly split.
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Das St. Petersburger Dampfschiff [in pencil] [The St. Petersburg Steamboat]
Large representation of this innovative boat, one of the first passengers steamboats in the world with regular sea voyages. Very rare lithograph, before the letter and with contemporary hand-colouring, with no other copies traced in institutions.
Fine, uncut example of the first part (of 2) of this contemporary abridgement of Karamzin's masterpiece, made for students of the Russian language, with useful, didactic remarks. Scarce.
Crisp, attractive example of this important and very detailed description of the Russian northern capital and its region. Complete with both maps, on thick paper.
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