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1900L7NBLF1PS3N8Russia 1900. Each photo ca. 27 x 37 cm. Pasted on cardboard. Series of 12 fine large and sharp photographs of Russian race horses. Pasted below each photo a slip with text written in cyrillic script names the horse owner pedigree and breed of horse in the photograph. Each horse is accompanied by a man holding the reins dressed in possibly a matching costume. They were all photographed at the same track in the yard of what seems to be a palace. The names of the horses are: Prezes Jako Velizarij Fanfara Taran Lenta Mon Barry Karina Lusty Nord-Ost Lena and Forteca.With a blind stamped signature of the photographer unidentified by us. Paperboard supports slightly warped. One photo with a minor tear otherwise all in very good condition. unknown
1815120459London: Printed for Edward Orme 1815. Magnificent hand-coloured views of St Petersburg First edition "one of the most beautiful plate books of St Petersburg" Bobins Collection offering a wonderfully evocative picture of the city in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars issued during the lifetime of one of its most famous inhabitants Alexander Pushkin. Published at 6 guineas coloured this is a superb record of the city of Peter the Great and is divided into two sections: the first 12 plates represent the months of the year through characteristic views of the city; the other 8 illustrate different modes of transport various types of sledges and carriages but include excellent character studies showing diverse types of costume by class and by season. The 26-page introduction entitled "The present state of St Petersburgh" includes a brief historical survey and a few statistics along with descriptions of the main sites and monuments. "Though unsigned the letterpress was chiefly compiled from Robert Ker Porter's Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805-1808 as many sections repeat his text verbatim" Giroud p.72. Mornay the artist responsible for the original sketches upon which Clark and Dubourg's aquatints were based eludes identification and does not appear in Thieme-Becker. Martin Hardie in characteristically waspish fashion describes the plates as "lurid in colouring very much in the style of toy theatre scenery" English Coloured Books 1906 p. 138; this is entirely unfair the colouring in the present copy is certainly not "lurid" and the "toy theatre" quality of the views only lends them a most appealing charm: many of them are composed in such a way that they resemble vues d'optiques - symmetrical and theatrical middle-distance perspectives - which combine well with the small scaling figures staffage adding splashes of bright colour against backgrounds of snowy streets grey skies and yellowish-brown buildings of this "city of stone" forming a satisfyingly picturesque effect. Two of the buildings shown - the Exchange 1809 and the Kazan Cathedral 1811 - had only recently been completed. Edward Orme - "Publisher to His Majesty and HRH the Prince Regent" - was "after Rudolph Ackermann the most important publisher of illustrated books during the short golden age of the coloured aquatint" ODNB. He would have had a prudent eye on the visit of the Allied sovereigns to London in June 1814 which celebrated the Treaty of Fontainebleau 11 April 1814 and the peace following the defeat and abdication of Napoleon. Among them was Tsar Alexander I who stayed with his sister the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg at the Pulteney Hotel on Piccadilly. "In 1809 Edward Orme had begun buying land and property in Bayswater London. He exploited the gravel deposits built houses and in 1818 added a chapel of ease. Orme Square developed between 1823 and 1826 was named after him and Moscow Road and St Petersburgh Place nearby may have commemorated the state visit of Tsar Alexander I in June 1814. In the following year he published a volume of twenty coloured aquatint views of St Petersburg and the reference in his will to jewellery presented to him by the emperor of Russia may be connected with these events" ibid. This is a marvellous survey of one of the world's great cities captured at the time when it served as the backdrop for Tolstoy's War and Peace. Folio 469 x 310 mm. Additional engraved title page incorporating a large double-headed Russian eagle 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark & Dubourg after Mornay; watermarks: plates J. Whatman 1825 text W. Balston 1813. Late 19th-century dark brown morocco-grain half skiver professionally refurbished marbled sides gilt edges drab grey endpapers. From the library of noted bibliophiles Maxine and Joel Spitz with their "Trail Tree" bookplate Joel Spitz was a member of Chicago's prestigious Caxton Club. Light offsetting from frontispiece to engraved title. An excellent copy the plates fresh and bright and with the four leaves of explanation of the plates in French and English. Abbey Travel 226; Bobins Collection 203; Tooley 355; Vincent Giroud St. Petersburg: A Portrait of a Great City Yale University Press 2003. unknown
1803ST15927London: Cadell and Davies 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page rather than 1804. 330 x 252 mm. 13 x 9 7/8". xviii 4 xix 1 380 pp. Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here. <br/> VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll spine panels with star centerpiece red morocco label marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps two folding and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book got from Mr. Asperne London April 15th 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 note; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI 3501; Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine corners a bit rubbed flyleaves somewhat foxed the usual minor foxing to plates and a bit of offsetting to adjacent pages otherwise A VERY FINE COPY OF AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE EDITION clean and fresh internally with vast margins and the binding firm lustrous and with only very minor wear to the joints.<br/> <br/> This is an extremely well-preserved copy in an elegant contemporary binding of the most sought-after edition of a key source on Russian exploration and that country's efforts to expand trade with China and Alaska. Eminent historian William Coxe 1747-1828 studied the voyages and exploration by Bering and others to the regions of Kamchatka the Aleutian Islands and Siberia to prepare this overview of the geography and cultures of the lands between Russia and North America and to analyze the economic potential of trade--particularly in furs--with the region. According to Sabin "Mr. Coxe's book contains many curious and important facts with respect to the various attempts of the Russians to open a communication to the New World." The 1780 first edition of this work covered Russian voyages of discovery between 1740 and 1769; the 1787 third edition added a supplement comparing these explorations to those of Captains Cook and Clerke. Our much-expanded fourth edition gives in the words of the Preface "a complete series of voyages from 1711 to 1792 comprising all that is known on the subject." Some of this supplementary information was gleaned from earlier accounts by German historians G. F. Muller and P. S. Pallas and some from Coxe's own travels in Russia. According to Lada-Mocarski Coxe "also succeeded in securing additional material: for instance the narrative and maps of Krenitzin and Levashev's 'secret' expedition the first official Russian government expedition since Bering's 2nd expedition of 1741. He was able to secure this particular information not widely known at the time even in Russia from Dr. Wm. Robertson who in turn obtained it through his friend Dr. Rogerson first physician to the Empress Catherine II. . . . In view of the above additions one should consider the fourth edition of 1803 as the most desirable." He concludes: "Coxe's work particularly the fourth edition is a result of contemporary and authoritative sources translated into English not to be overlooked by scholars and collectors alike." There are also distinct aesthetic advantages to the present Large Paper version over the octavo printing. Not only is the type beautifully re-set and laid out as well as surrounded by vast margins but as Streeter notes there are two charts here that are not included in the octavo issue of 1803. The original owner of this volume Marcus Gage is known to have assembled a substantial library of beautifully cared-for books on travel and discovery see for example "Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939 Books from the Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching" passim. Gage notes that he got the book from "Mr. Asperne"—no doubt the London publisher and bookseller James Asperne 1757-1820. ABPC and RBH find just four other Large Paper copies at auction in the past 45 years two of which had condition issues. One could wait a considerable time to find a copy as attractive and desirable as the present one. Cadell and Davies unknown
188053786Moscow 1880. 10 hand-colored albumenprints some captioned in type in French and Russian. Oblong 4to. Contemporary quarter maroon morocco and boards cover titled in gilt "Photographs." Front joint cracked photographs in fine condition. 10 hand-colored albumenprints some captioned in type in French and Russian. Oblong 4to. Beautifully and finely hand-colored photographs of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Provenance: Baldur Bookshop Richmond Surrey receipt laid-in unknown
181327742London: R. Ackermann 1813. First printing. Print. Otherwise very good condition. Hand colored copper engraving 6 x 91/2". Some light dusting and marking on plate. R. Ackermann unknown
1900032076UK 1900. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An Original Paper Written and Signed by Marie Duchess of Edinburgh Grand Duchess of Russia. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia 1853-1920 was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the younger sister of Alexander III of Russia and the paternal aunt of Russia's last emperor Nicholas II. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee 1869-1949 wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton 1864-1937. Emily was the daughter of William Lee Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886 and granddaughter of John Lee 1779-1859 Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859.Size is 113mm x 78mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163 <br/> <br/> unknown
1854025450New York: Harper & Brothers 1854. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Good. Map and Woodcuts. 226 Pp. Original Cloth Gilt And Blind Stamped. Contents Clean Light Aging. Covers With Wear Cloth Lightly Frayed Across Top Of Spine And Down 3/4" At Top Front Spine Edge A Few Other Points Of Fraying. Spine Has Been Wet Gilt Is Dulled Cloth Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Covers And Endpapers Damp Stained This Damage Not Reaching The Printed Pages. Anecdotes And Observations Made While Curzon Was Part Of A Commission To Resolve The "Turkish And Persian Problem In Kurdistan And Armenia" Seeking The Most Arbitrary And Least Democratic Solution For All Residents Of The Area And Achieving Enduring Success. Library Label Franklin Institute On Front Pastedown Four Digit Number At Base Of First Page. This Copy Fairly Crisp And May Never Have Been Read. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1890154515Vladivostok: Livay Studio No. 11 Svetlanskaya Street c.1890. A scarce late 19th-century record of styles of clothing and foot-binding followed by well-to-do Chinese women in the Russian border city of Vladivostok. The Livay photographic studio catered specifically to Chinese residents and visitors and we have not been able to trace any other surviving examples of its work. Following China's transfer of the Haishenwei region to the Tsar in 1860 Vladivostok became a thriving centre of economic activity and cultural interchange between Russians and Chinese with both of these communities served by the Livay studio based on the city's main boulevard. This photograph is a pleasing corrective to the many surviving photographs of late-imperial Chinese women often produced in cities such as Shanghai which adopt an orientalizing gaze. While photography was introduced into Russia soon after its invention it remained a preserve of the very wealthy until the 1860s when technological changes fuelled an explosion in the number of photographic studios in major cities. "In the hands of commercial studio photographers the medium retained its original social function namely "to solemnize and to immortalize" the portrayed subject. The studio photograph was an index and a means of communicating one's status; it indicated the sitter's place in the social hierarchy both as a commodity object and as information. But more importantly photography dominated the market for portraiture and democratized visual self-representation. It captured people from across the social spectrum and brought about a visual levelling whereby the social benefits and drawbacks of this type of publicity was showered equally on kings nobles lawyers merchants and cobblers. Photography as a mechanized medium of self-representation pulled members of different social class onto the same visual level in the public sphere" Stolarski pp. 4-5. Cabinet card 164 x 108 mm mounted gelatine photograph 140 x 103 mm with glossy finish card lettered in red in Russian and Chinese. Small scuff to upper right corner of photograph image substantially unaffected couple of faint stains to card verso skinned where sometime mounted. A very good example. Christopher Stolarski "The Rise of Photojournalism in Russia and the Soviet Union 1900-1931" PhD Diss. 2013. hardcover
1893LM-II2E-7IZG1893. Hardcover. Good. First edition Houghton Mifflin 1893. Average wear top and bottom of spine frayed cover gilt bright spine gilt somewhat dulled. Messy removals to inside front cover and front endpaper. Pages yellowed with a few smudges creases and minor blemishes. Owner names in pencil. Binding cracked at front and rear remains serviceable. hardcover
187754562Upsal Edquist 1877. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. gilt lettering. Light wear to spine. 644 pp. and folded lithographed map. unknown
1894TSSnfRUS8St. Petersburg: 1894. 1894. Russian Text. 8vo. pp. 133. 3 folding coloured maps several text illus. original quarter cloth over printed bds. bit soiled label on upper spine insitutional rubberstamp on title & front flyleaf stain to small portion of second map. Description of Poti a seaport in West Georgia on the Black Sea at the mouth of Rion River important for export trade in manganese lumber and grain. Also including information respecting Ochakov Mariupol Dunay and Kerch. Hardcover. St. Petersburg: 1894. Hardcover
1895011034St. Petersburg Russia: V. A. Tikhanov 1895. 387pp. Light brown cloth. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky 1828-1889 was a Russian writer socialist and literary critic whose novel "What is to be done" became a classic of the Russian revolutionary movement. Text in Russian. Clean and unmarked. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. V. A. Tikhanov Hardcover
189258067St. Pétersbourg: Stadler & Pattinote 1892. Oblong folio 3 p.l. plus 56 chromolithograph plates each with descriptive text on the verso of the preceding plate 1 leaf of index; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black on the upper cover; front hinge reglued the contents slightly shaken otherwise on the whole very good the plates clean. With explanatory letter-press in Russian and French. Four copies in OCLC only the U.S. Navy and Miami University in the U.S. Stadler & Pattinote unknown
1900193393Paris: Paul Dupont 1900. First Edition. Paperback. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 989 pages; Physical description.: 989 p. 10 maps ; 24 cm. Subject: Russia : in Europe and Asia - Agriculture - 1900 - Maps. Russia : in Europe and Asia - Industry - 1900 - Maps. Paris: Paul Dupont paperback
1900148061Paris: Paul Dupont. Guillaumin Et Cie 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in paper-labelled cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 989 pages; Physical desc. : pp. Xx. 989. Subject: Russia : in Europe and Asia - Agriculture - 1900 - Maps. Russia : in Europe and Asia - Industry - 1900 - Maps. Paris: Paul Dupont. Guillaumin Et Cie hardcover
189717398Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Half-title page and last blank page browned as usual. Edges a bit tanned and with one small stain. Else a very handsome and tight copy. ; "Avec 14 cartes et 22 plans". ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; XLVIII 447 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
186620284St. Pétersbourg: Hermann Hoppe. 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Light chipping to top spine. Corners a bit bumped. Bottom part of title page missing. Last few text pages detached but present. Slight gapping to rear hinge but holding strong. ; A Baedeker look-alike with its handsome-looking rare Biedermeier boards that was common during this time period. Extensive rear ad section on blue paper. Rear pocket with 3 steel engraved maps: Russia St. Petersburg and Moscow. The maps have small closed tears and minor marginal wear. Unlike a Baedeker the book itself doesn't contain any maps. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xxiv 368 32 pages . Hermann Hoppe hardcover
187554628London: Chapman and Hall. Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings halfmoon missing . from fore-edge of front free endpaper front hinge cracked boards lightly . worn. 1875. Hardcover. Ex-library copy bound in ¾ leather with marbled sides edges and endpapers. xv 389pp. Index. Sweeping survey of imperial Russian history geography religion literature and culture. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Chapman and Hall hardcover
180448024Frankfurt am Main Johann Daniel Simon 1804. Contemp. boards but with later modest clothbacking. Endpapers renewed. Stamp on titlepage. 414 pp. <br/><br/><em>The scarce first edition. </em> hardcover
1857056107London: John Murray 1857. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xi 445; viii 459 pages. Hardcovers bound in original red publisher's cloth embossed in blind and with spine titles in gilt. Rebacked in red cloth with the original spine laid down. New off-yellow endpapers. A sound tight copy. The text appears quite clean. Collates complete with a frontis and three folding maps or plans all in the first volume. A sturdy usable and complete copy. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
189717354Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1897. Second Edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good. Boards browned and with small ink soiling to front and a larger ink stain to back. ; The rare supplement to the French edition of the Russia Baedeker; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 108 pages . Karl Baedeker paperback
181671411London: Robert Bowyer. c.1816. A very fine hand coloured aquatint by Robert Bowyer 1758-1834 published in 1815. From; 'An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe During the Years 1812 1813 1814 & 1815 Comprising a series of Views of Paris Moscow The Kremlin Dresden Berlin. together with a History of those Momentous Transactions'. This delightful view shows Muscovites in the foreground with parts of The Kremlin and the greater city in the background whilst The Moskva River is seen carrying mercantile craft. The colouring is soft and subtle and gives a this view a wonderful depth and clarity. Size: 465 x600 mm. Original hand coloured aquatint. In good condition. Central fold with old repairs to splits some soiling and minor staining. unknown
1893653421893. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. The Last Edition of the Nakaz Published in the Nineteenth Century Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Bezgin Il'ia Grigor'evich Editor. Nakaz Eja Imperatorskago Velicestva Ekateriny Vtoryja Samoderzicy Vserossijskija Dannyj Kommissii o Socinenii Proekta Novago Ulozenija. St. Petersburg: Izd. L.F. Pantelieeva 1893. 53 201 pp. Text of Nakaz in Russian with parallel French translation. Original printed stiff wrappers bound into recent quarter calf over cloth gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Gilding mostly rubbed away from lettering piece light soiling and edgewear to wrappers moderate toning to text faint dampspotting to a few leaves. Small early owner label to front free endpaper internally clean. $1750. The last edition published in the nineteenth century. The Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II between 1764 and 1766. It was among her most ambitious and significant undertakings. Infused with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All- Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and denounced torture and the death penalty. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. The first two editions one with parallel texts in Russian and German were published in 1767. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library Columbia. Another copy located at Harvard Law School. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 526 Entry 18. unknown
184235303New York: Harper and Brothers 1842. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo. 1 pages v-xii pages 13-302 2. Folding map present. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Moderate toning to the end sheets. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Map is folded with light toning and occasional light foxing. Former institutional copy with a book label from "Athens Georgia Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association" on the front paste down. Fair to good condition. Harper and Brothers hardcover
187421526New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's inscription to first blank page. Very light foxing to first and last pages. Front hinge a bit tender.; Including 13 tissue guarded engravings and one fold-out charts. "Fox 1821-83 was sent by Congress to congratulate Alexander II on his escape from assassination and sailed on the monitor Miantonomoh to St Petersburg where he arrived on 5 August 1866. Over the following weeks until their departure on 27 September the Americans were fêted wherever they went which included Moscow and towns along the Volga pp. 78-409. The visit was chronicled in minute and fascinating detail by Vasa’s secretary 1831-1927 and the appendices included the score of the ‘Miantonomoh galop’ composed for the piano by Heinrich Fürstnow in Fox’s honour pp. 430-35." from: Anthony Cross: REIGN OF ALEXANDER II 1855–1881. In the Lands of the Romanovs. An Annotated Bibliography of First-hand English-language Accounts of the Russian Empire 1613-1917 .; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii 444 pages . D. Appleton and Company hardcover
