[KERTEN, A.F.W.]:

Auszug aus dem Tagebuch eines Russen auf seiner Reise nach Riga. (Riga) 1783.

. Pp.192. St.o.t. Contemporary boards, worn. Bibl. Russica K372.

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Book number: 20047

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europe, russia, riga, europa, russie, russland

[WICHSELL, JÖRAN]:

Beskrifning om Rysslands belägenhet / gränssor / landskaper / städer / styrelse / macht / klädseder och andra beskaffenheter nu för tiden. Stockholm, Olof Enaeo, Kongl. Antiq. Arch. Boktr. Åhr 1706.

. Pp. (iv), 92. Boards. Bookplate (Carl Jedvard Bonde). Copy of Ericsberg. Scarce Swedish work dealing with Russia and its provinces, towns, borders, government, inhabitants, army, laws, commerce etc. Wichsell was secretary to Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, chancellor to Queen Christina. This work is probably a compilation of various foreign works. Cat. Russica 708. Åhlén & Åhlén 17.22.

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Book number: 99651

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, russe, europe, european, travel, exploration, history,

[FREYGANG, FREDERIKA & WILHELM VON]:

Bref om Caucasus och Georgien, jemte beskrifning öfwer en resa till Persien år 1812. Stockholm 1818.

. Pp. (vi), 288. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed. Neat old hand-written notes on front endpaper. Scarce Swedish version of "Lettres sur le Caucase et la Géorgie" (1816). Frederika Afanasyevna von Freygang (1790-1863) was born in Vienna and in 1808 married Wilhelm von Freygang, Russian diplomat and linguist. This work contains Frederika's letters to a friend in St. Petersburg written during her journey to Moscow, Caucasia and Georgia. Followed by Wilhelm von Freygang's account of his journey from Georgia to Tauris in Persia in 1812 and an Appendix with an abridgement of the history of Persia from the time of Nadir-Schack. Cat Russica F761. Cf Atabey 464. Cf Diba p. 32 (Danish ed.).

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Book number: 100867

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, persia, perse, persien, caucasia, russia, russian, georgien, georgia, asi, asie, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, lady traveller

[RUSSO - TURKISH WARS]

Breve relazione di due vittorie riportate daa Moscoviti contro i Tartari per mare, e per terra, con la conquista dell'importante Piazza d'Assach. Napoli, per Dom. Ant. Patrino e per Cavalloi, Michele Luigi Mutio, 1696.

. 4to. Pp. (4). Woodcut illustration on title, large woodcut initial and two woodcut ornaments. Modern paper boards, title label on spine. Rare, small work on the two Azov campaigns 1695-6. The Russians managed to capture the Azov fort in July 1696. Not in Cat. Russica.

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Book number: 121404

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, tartary, russia, ryssland, russian, war, history, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, turkish, turc, avoz campaigns, military, ottoman

[KAZAN IMPRINT].

Kratkii Tatarsko-Russkii i Slaviano-Tatarskii Slovar s Pribavleniem Osnovanii Russkoi Grammatiki. (A Brief Tatar-Russian and Slavic-Tatar Dictionary With Addition of the Foundations of Russian Grammar). Published by Orthodox Missionary Society. Fourth edition. Kazan, Typ. M.A. Chirkovoi, 1888.

. Pp. 96. Original printed wrappers, fragile, spine restored. Old ownership signature on verso of front wrapper and Finnish library stamp on title. A rare bilingual dictionary with transliteration of the Tatar words by Cyrillic type. The work is structured by subject, such as parts of the human body, family, professions, seasons, animals, plants, foods, colours, clothes, measures, etc. At end a brief grammar presenting the main rules of Russian and Tatar languages. This dictionary was published in Kazan, capital of Russian Tatarstan, which became an important centre for Oriental studies in Russia. Religious and spiritual literature in local languages based on Cytilic type were printed here. No copies found in OCLC.

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Book number: 100117

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russe, russian, language, linguistic, langue, tatar, tataric, tatarstan

[PROMÉ, JEAN (Edit.)]:

[LEVANT, BALTIC STATES, RUSSIA, ETC.] Les voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, baron de Courmesvin, en Dannemarc. Enrichis d'annotations. BOUND WITH: Les voyages de M. Quiclet a Constantinople par terre. Enrichis d'annotations. Paris, Pierre Bienfait, 1664.

. 12mo. Pp. (viii), 284, (4); (viii), 246. Contemporary calf, spine with four raised bands, decorated in gilt, rubbed, sprinkled edges. Old ownership signature on title. First edition.The first work is written as a diary dealing with Louis Des Hayes' stay in Denmark and his preparations for a diplomatic mission to Moscow regarding a commercial treaty for the Baltic Sea trade. Includes descriptions of various parts of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic countries. The second work recounts the journey of Quiclet to the Levant in 1658. He visited the cities of Ragusa, Sarajevo, Belgrad and Andrianople (Edirne). At end a description of Constantinople. It was published posthumously by Jean Promé. Blackmer 1360. Weber 317 (Quiclet).

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Book number: 100520

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, levant, europe, constantinople, turkey, turkish, turque, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, oriental, travel, exploration, russia, russe, commerce, trade, bosnia, dubrovnik, dalmatia, serbia, denmark, scandinavia,

AHLQVIST, AUGUST:

Anteckningar i Nord-Tschudiskan. (Föredragna den 7 Febr. 1859). Helsingfors 1859.

. 4to. Pp. 49-113, Modern boards. Scarce work about the Wepsian language (an Uralic language), spoken at the western bank of Lake Onega at the upper course of the Ojat and in Novgorod (Russia). Contains specimens, grammar, and a vocabulary (with Swedish and Finnish translations, and in some cases Russian). Extract from "Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Acter. Vol. VI.".

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Book number: 100438

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, wesser, tschuder, nord-tschuder, finnish, wepsian, uralic, language, langue, linguistic, russia, russian, finland

AHLQVIST, AUGUST:

Ueber die Sprache der Nord-Ostjaken. Sprachtexte, Wörtersammlung und Grammatik. Two parts in one volume. Helsingfors 1880.

. Pp. viii, 195. As issued, uncut and unopened in original printed wrappers. Comprises: 1. Sprachtexte und Wörtersammlung; 2. Ostjakisch-Deutsches Wörterverzeichniss. (" Forschungen auf dem gebiete der Ural-Altaischen Sprachen. III."). Zaunmüller 293.

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Book number: 100431

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, language, langue, linguistic, russia, siberia, russian, siberian, khanti, ostyak, samoyed,

ARTAMOF, PIERRE [pseud. of Vladimir de La Fite de Pelleporc] & ARMENGAUD, JEAN GERMAIN DÉSIRÉ:

La Russie, historique, monumentale et pittoresque. Two volumes. Paris, Ch. Lahure et Co., 1862.

. Folio. Pp. 392, (12); 376, (12). With numerous illustrations and some maps throughout the text. Original half morocco on embossed cloth boards, spines richly gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed. Copy of Ericsberg. First edition of this monumental work on Russia.

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Book number: 99711

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, travel, exploration, russie,

AVRIL, PHILIPPE:

Voyage en divers etats d'Europe et d'Asie, entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine. Contenant plusiers remarques curieuses de physique, de geographie, d'hydrographie & d'histoire. Avec une description de la grande Tartarie, & les differens peuples qui l'habitent. Paris, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse, 1692.

. 4to. Pp. (xx), 406, (ii), (24) table. With engraved portrait of Gen. Stanislas Jablonowski, one folding engraved map, three engraved plates and five large engraved vignettes. Contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt, flat spine with elaborate gilt decoration and red title label, r.e. Bookplate on front paste down. First edition of Avril's narrative of his two journeys through Central Asia aiming to discover new overland routes to China. Philippe Avril, Jesuit professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris, was summoned by Father Ferdinand Verbiest in Peking to join the mission there. For eight years, from 1682 to 1690, Avril travelled overland as far as North and Northwest China but ultimately failing to reach Peking. This narrative covers both journeys; the first by caravan through Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, Persia and across the Caspian to Astrakan where he had to turn back, and the second about his attempt to cross Siberia from Moscow to China, with his return to the West through Constantinople, Moldavia, Poland and Lithuania. Avril's narrative is based on earlier Jeusit reports but also on new information given to him by caravan travellers and rulers he met en route, in particular the king of Syria. Cordier BS 2088. Cf Walravens (1987) 55.

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Book number: 100546

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, china, chine, kina, chinese, syria, persia, turkey, levant, ottoman, travel, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, central asia, kurdistan, siberia, russia, russian,

BARTO, AGNIYA:

Bratishki: Stikhi (Brothers: Poems). Moscow, Detgiz, 1934.

. Square 8vo. Pp. 16 including covers. With many coloured illustrations by Georgiy Echeistov (leading Soviet graphic artist). Text in Russian. Original coloured paper wrappers, spine chipped. Loose in binding. First published in 1928, reprinted many times.A lovely example of Interknizhka by one of the most famous Russian children's book authors at this time, Agniya Barto (1906-81). A collection of lullaby poems focused on children from different parts of the world: Chinese, African, Indian and Soviet babies. It was published as part of Proletarian Internationalism which formed the core of the 1920s Communist pedagogical doctrine by showing troubled lives of those living outside the Soviet Union.

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Book number: 120992

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, russia, russian, russe, children, illustrated, propaganda, interknizhka,

BERGMAN, STEN:

Kamtchatka. Skildringar från en treårig forskningsfärd. Stockholm, A. Bonnirer, 1923.

. Pp. (xii), 5- 443. With 3 maps, 2 coloured plates and 146 photographic illustrations. Publisher's printed wrappers, some minor wear to spine and back cover. Old ownership inscription on front wrapper. First edition of Bergman's narrative of his adventurous expedition to Kamchatka during the years 1920 - 22. A fascinating account of the extensive barren landscape, the wildlife, the inhabitants and their customs. It was translated into English in 1927.

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Book number: 22070

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, siberia, kamchatka, russia, travel, exploration, explore, exploring, kamtcahtka, russian, voyage, asia, asie, asien, far east, east,

BERGMANN, BENJAMIN:

Voyage chez les Kalmuks. Traduit de l'allemand par M. Moris. Chatillon sur Seine, C. Cornillac, 1825.

. Pp. xxviii, 361+ 11 lvs with Mongolian text. One lithographed plate. Contemporary half calf, nicely rebacked with orginal spine preserved, somewhat rubbed. Marbled paper covered boards with matching end papers and edges. St.o.t. An abridged French edition. The translation contains the independant account of Bergmann's stay with the nomad people in the Russian province of Astrakhan. Includes also "Essai sur la suite des Kalmucs des bord du Volga", mostly based on the narrative of de Weseloff, a former prisoner of the Kalmucks, but also based on works by Pallas and Rytschkov. First few leaves with minor browning. Cf Aschoff 192. Chadenat 5323.

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Book number: 17076

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, kalmucks, mongolian, mongolia, russia, russian, astrakan, travel, voyages, asia, asien, asie, exploration, language, langue, linguistic

BILLINGS, JOSEPH:

Viaggio fatto per ordine dell' imperatrice di Russia Caterina II. nel nord della Russia Asiatica, nel mare Glaciale, nel mare d'Anadyr, e sulla costa Nord-Ouest dell'America, dal 1785 fino al 1794. Two volumes. Milano, Sonzogno e Comp., 1816.

. 12mo. Pp. xxiv, 288; 324. With 8 engraved plates, of which 5 coloured. Contemporary half calf, flat spines ruled and lettered in gilt. Volume two: A small notch to top of spine and hinges cracked. A few leaves with some light waterstain (volume two). Ownership stamp (Pietro Odescalchi). An Italian edition of Joseph Billing's account of the Russian expeditions to the Chukotskiy peninsula, the Aleutian Islands and to the coast of Alaska, translated into Italian by Luigi Bossi. ("Raccolta de' Viaggi", tomi xxi-xxii). Cat. Russica 1307. Howgego B96.

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Book number: 100077

Catalogue: Europe

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BRAND, ADAM:

Relation du voyage de Mr. Evert Isbrand envoyé de sa majesté czarienne a l'empereur de la Chine, en 1692,93 & 94. Avec une lettre de Monsieur ..., sur l'etat présent de la Moscovie. Amsterdam, Chez Jean-Louis de Lorme, 1699.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 249, (1). With engraved frontispiece and one large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf, spine with five raised bands, rubbed and hinges weak, marbled edges, spine expertly restored.First French edition (orig. in German 1698). A journal of the Russian embassy headed by Everard Isbrand Ides which went over land from Moscow to Peking, written by the secretary of the embassy, Adam Brand. The aim of the expedition was to conclude commercial agreements with the Chinese but, in fact, this was not incorporated. Includes a table "des chiffres de la carte" (pp. 183-92) with numbers of cities and other places passed along the route, indicated on the map. The map only to be found in this edition. At end there is an anonymous letter about the present state of Moscow included. Chadenat 5335. Cordier BS 2469. Lust 506. Löwendahl 230. Walravens, China Illustrata 70.

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Book number: 100499

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, russia, siberia, china, chinese, kina, chine, russe, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, expedition, travel, travels,