Valuable Russian Books and Manuscripts
Catalog Information: 213 lots | 163 with images
Lot 1: BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii. Neshchastniya priklucheniya. [The Unfortunate Adventures of the
BARANSHCHIKOV, Vasilii. Neshchastniya priklucheniya. [The Unfortunate Adventures of the Nizhnii Novgorod Merchant Vasilii Baranshchikov in America, Asia and Europe from 1780 to 1787]. St. Petersburg: Vil'kovskii i Galchenkov, 1787.8° (180 x 110mm). ( [...more]
Lot 2: BIBLE, Slavonic. Apostol. [Acts of the Apostles]. [Vilna: Lukash Mamonich, c.1592].
2° (280 x 180mm). 273 leaves. Printed in red and black. Full-page woodcut, woodcut initials, and head- and tail-pieces. (A number of leaves re-margined and with mostly marginal repairs, a few letters supplied in manuscript, occasional tear with old r [...more]
Lot 3: BIBLE, Slavonic. Biblia sirech knigi vetkhago i novago saveta. [Ostrog: Ivan Federov, 12
BIBLE, Slavonic. Biblia sirech knigi vetkhago i novago saveta. [Ostrog: Ivan Federov, 12 August] 1581.2° (305 x 190mm). 627 (of 628) leaves (lacking leaf number 90 from part 2). Title, part headings and tables printed in red and black, engraved initi [...more]
Lot 4: [BRUCE CALENDAR]. Kniga imenuemaya Bryusovskoi kalendar. [The Book called the Bruce
[BRUCE CALENDAR]. Kniga imenuemaya Bryusovskoi kalendar. [The Book called the Bruce Calendar]. [Moscow: Vasilii Vasilievich Kiprianov, 1726].Oblong 2° (320 x 200mm). Engraved title and 34 engraved plates (of 35, lacking plate 26, and part of 27), and [...more]
Lot 5: CATHERINE II, the Great. Nakaz. [Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II to the
CATHERINE II, the Great. Nakaz. [Instructions of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II to the Commission on the Work of the projected new Code of Laws.] St. Petersburg: Imperatorskaya Akademia Nauk, 1770.4° (258 x 204mm). Text in Russian, Latin, German a [...more]
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