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lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century
lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century
lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century
lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century

[PETER THE GREAT].

Petr Velikiy, ego polkovodtsy i ministry: 23 portreta s prisovokupleniem kratkikh o zhizni ikh opisaniy. [Peter the Great, His Generals and Ministers].

Ernst, Moskva, 1848.

£5,950.00
£5,950.00

Petr Velikiy, ego polkovodtsy i ministry: 23 portreta s prisovokupleniem kratkikh o zhizni ikh opisaniy.

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Lovely and fresh example, of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern Russia at the turn of the 18th. century, including Sheremetev, Menshchikov, Golitsyn, Bruce, Kurakin and Kantemir among others. Each portrait, inspired from an earlier work by Bantysh-Kamenskiy (Бантыш-Каменский, Деяния знаменитых полководцев и министров, служивших в царствование Государя Императора Петра Великаго, 1812-13), is accompanied by a short biography.

Quarto (27,5 x 22,5 cm). 50 pp., including title, with 23 engraved portraits after Ya[kov Ivanovich] Argunov with captions in French and Russian, inscription in pencil to title; a couple of ancient restorations. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; wormed and rubbed, inner hinges cracked.

Obolianinov 2034; cf. Vereshchagin 34; not in Gubar.

Stock code 89815

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lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century

Petr Velikiy, ego polkovodtsy i ministry: 23 portreta s prisovokupleniem kratkikh o zhizni ikh opisaniy.

£5,950.00
£5,950.00

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Incredibly rare illustrated Russian translation of the famous French version of the bible.
Incredibly rare illustrated Russian translation of the famous French version of the bible.

[Royaumont, de] and Vasiliy KRYLOV (translator).
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Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty
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£2,750.00

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