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TEMPLE, Lieut. George T.
Notes on Russian Lapland.
10 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 14 x 10.5 inches (36 x 27cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a highly fascinating travel account of the little known Russian Lapland, bounded by Finland, Norway, the Murmans and White Seas, and the Gulf of Kandalaks, sometimes called the Kola Peninsula. The author covers various aspects of this region, the Orography, the lakes, the marshes, ice-free Fjord and harbours, fisheries, colonization, and the inhabitants and their religious beleifs. Interesting speculation of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Russians, Lapps, Quaens and the Karelians is provided by Temple. According to him, Russians were traders and speculators, the Lapps lived by hunting, fishing, and the produce of their reindeer, and the Quaens and Karelians were agriculturists. Also provides a brief description of the town of Kola, which was almost destroyed in the bombardment of 1854. Accompanied by a beautiful detailed map, marking the boundary line of Finland and Norway, showing the Russian, Karelian and Lappish villages, Lappish chapels and fishing stations.
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BAKER, G.P.
Travel and Ascents in the Basardjusi District, Daghestan.
17 pages, plus a fold-out color map measuring approximately 8.25 x 10.25 inches (21 x 26cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. The author's Caucasus expedition route is illustrated on the lovely colour map which accompanies his first-hand reminiscence of mountaineering adventures and interactions in remote settlements. Map shows the city of Shaki, formerly Nukha, in northwest Azerbaijan. Also highlighted is Shalbuz-dagh mountain, considered holy by some, being the final home of King Solomon.
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LITTLEDALE, St. George
A Journey Across the Pamir from North to South.
35 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. An important first-hand narrative of St George Littledale - a significant explorer of Tibet and the Pamir, who contributed several outstanding valuable reports to the Royal Geographical Society - on the intricacies of travel across Pamir in 1890, containing extensive details of his travel route, unbearable cold and fascinating depiction of the Kirgiz tribe. Also included are some notes contributed by Sir Douglas Freshfield, Sir Peter Lumsden and Dr Leitner. Accompanied by a spectacular fold-out colour map illustrating the author's route from Khokand to Gilghit. Littledale and his wife Teresa were known in their time as the greatest British Central Asia travellers of the nineteenth century. Littledale is also considered by many hunters to be one of the greatest big game hunters of all time. He hunted horned game, the sheep and goats, that lived in the mountains of the northern hemisphere, and he collected for the Natural History Museum in London. In 1889 he wanted to cross the Pamirs from north to south from Russia into India. Although the Foreign Office approved his proposal, the Government of India rejected it, so the Littledales changed their plans and went to Russian Central Asia and Mongolia. In 1890 permission was granted for the Pamirs crossing, the first of the Littledales’ three greatest journeys. It was the height of the Great Game, a cold war between Russia and Britain over the vast lands known as Central Asia. The rivalry between the two powers was approaching its climax in that remote desolate region and the Littledales’ feat created a sensation in the press.
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W. Rickmer Rickmers.
The Alai-Pamirs in 1913 and 1928.
23 pages. Plus several black and white photographic plates and a large fold-out colour route map, measuring 15.75 x 7.5 inches (40 x 19cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. The author's first-hand engaging account encompasses two separate expeditions to the same region of the Alai-Pamirs, also called the 'Ruissian Pamirs', surveying the glaciers and mountains between the Amu Darya, the Sir Darya and the Chinese border, and gaining understanding of the inhabitants dispersed throughout. Rickmers uncovers routes through ancient abandoned passes and contemporary routes guarded in secrecy. He comments on smugglers and Russian intervention, as well as historic events and ancient civilaztions, the dead cities of Chinese Turkistan and changes in glaciation. He reveals traits of the nomadic Qirghiz, the Tajik, and rock-dwelling Galchas, also stating that other unknown tribes remain unknown. With fifteen years between the two journeys, Mr. Rickmers, experienced and knowledgeable in Asian travel, also remarks on the differences and similarities of travel while imparting the most intimate detail of this formidable land.
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Atlas, Maps, Prospectus
Original Prospectus Piece, With a Sample Colour Map of St. Petersburg and Moscow and an Order Form, for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography'.
Original Prospectus Piece for the Second Edition of 'The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography', published by W. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh, 1894. With a sample colour map from the Atlas, list of maps and plans, and an order form. Single leaf, double sided, measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30cm). Minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition. Included are two small maps, one depicting Moscow and part of neighbouring cities, and the other showing southern part of the Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg, and the historic city of Novgorod; plus a very detailed colour plan of St. Petersburg and its environs. The Atlas contained 112 coloured plates, maps, and plans of cities, and an introduction, giving an account of geographical discovery and political territorial changes in the nineteenth century, by J. Scott Keltie, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London.
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MARKHAM, Captain A. H.
The Arctic Campaign of 1879 in the Barents Sea.
First Edition. 8vo. 42 pages, including Two Large Fold Out Colour Maps. Original condition with Blue Wrappers and all the ads. Seldom found in such good and original condition. The year 1879 must always be regarded as a very remarkable one in the annals of Arctic exploration, since two important geographical problems have been successfuly solved. Including the Swedish ship Vega, under the leadership of that persevering and energetic explorer Nordenskiold, completing her voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by rounding the northern termination of the old world - a voyage which will always rank as one of the greatest geographical feats of the present century. The second successful geographical problem solved is the small Dutch exploring schooner -the Willem Barents reaching the previously inaccessible shores of Franz-Joseph Land.
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BLACKER, Captain L. V. S.
From India to Russia in 1914.
Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: An incredible comprehensive travel account of Captain Blacker's overland journey from Northern India through Central Asia, and Turkestan to Russia in 1914, during which Dr. Filippo de Filippi was leading the Italian Expedition to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Eastern Turkestan in 1913-1914. Included in this report is a detailed sketch map of the author's route from Leh to Yarkand. 27 pages including a full-page sketch map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Small chip to front cover, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Excerpts from the text: "There was a great scarcity of men and ponies as a result of Dr. De Filippi's expedition. I managed eventually to secure two passable ponies and three men. One of these was a youth named Karim, an Argoon, who proved most useful. Another was a Tibetan from Gyantse Dzong, named Puntsog, most uncivilized, but cheerful and willing; the third was a Turk named Sidiq. The latter was a disappointment; though he had served with Sven Hedin and received a Swedish silver medal from him, he possessed neither endurance, pluck, nor intelligence..." "The hospitality that I met with everywhere from the inhabitants, whether Russians, Cossacks, Kirgiz, Tibetans, Hindus, Pathans, or Turkomans, must be experienced to be appreciated, more especially the goodwill of the Indians in the villages showed that their loyalty to the British Government was more than a mere phrase....In Turkestan the people looked remarkably well fed and prosperous, the astonishing lack of sanitation seeming to have little ill effect....In Kashgar and to a certain extent in Yarkand Russian influence was very prominent, not only in the presence of the troops, but in the trade and currency.... In Ferghana (Russian Turkestan) the population seemed even more prosperous and well-to-do than in Chinese Turkestan." End Excerpts
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MASON, Major Kenneth
Central Kurdistan.
Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: Mason's thorough survey and cartography of tribal Kurdistan delineates the region south of the Nestorian and Jilu belt, west of the Turco-Persian frontier and north-west of the Sulaimaniya district. Interesting account of methods and people employed in the map making process including an historical summary of Kurds in the region, war with the Armenians, Russian and Turkish control. Features commentary relating to the geographical structure of the country; obstacles to mapping; best routes for road development and telegraphs; Kurdistan's climate of extremes and the need for the establishment of a southern Armenian boundary amongst much else. Fascinating too, for the sketches of the expedition's life on the road and its intercourse with the Kurdish people. Excerpt from the text: "Kurdistan is a very old country. Some of its population are believed to be descended from the Jews of the First Captivity, and so can claim to be part of the Lost Ten Tribes with more truth than the Americans. probably most of us have a vague idea that the Kurds have been concerned in Armenian massacres; fewer of us know that a very large section of Christians in pre-war days lived quite happily in Kurdistan.. The Kurd has not changed much. These Nestorians are probably the most primitive sect of Christians in the world; they were certainly there before the arrival of Mohammed on the earth. Starvation, war, and the Turks have driven them out during the last few years to find refuge under our rule in Mesopotamia, and it is one of our difficult duties to resettle them... I have heard that when the Nestorians left, the Moslem Kurds plundered and wantonly destroyed most of their villages. These nestorians must not be confused with the Armenians, and are held in much more respect by the Moslem Kurds than the latter..."End Excerpt. 22 pages, including a few photographic plates and 2 in-text sketch maps. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition.
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COOK, Peter
Manuscript Journal - Nautical Log with Compass Drawing
Constantinople, Odessa, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, 1816-1818. Manuscript journal chronicling two voyages with a British merchant brig called "Exchange," featuring a sixteen-month voyage for trade at the Turkish city of Constantinople and Russian ruled Odessa only five years after the conclusion of the Anglo-Russian War, and two years prior to Odessa becoming a Free Port, being a detailed nautical log made by Peter Cook, a ship's mate twenty-six years of age. Folio. 88 pages, with authorship signature. A purpose-made document produced by J. Robins & Sons of Southwark, for recording nautical data during a sea voyage, completed in manuscript by the marine. Double leafs measuring approximately 21 x 32 cm, watermarked "O & P 1812" and with the Britannia, string-tied with paper wrappers titled in manuscript to front. Together with a single leaf in the same hand, with a hand coloured manuscript drawing of a mariner's compass to recto, and manuscript notes on Traverse Sailing to verso, made by the same hand circa 1805-1810, measuring approximately 21 x 25 cm. Together with the mariner's pensioner ticket, a legal document made on vellum, completed in manuscript, dated and signed on 22 April 1872 by an administrator of the Board of Trade, measuring approximately 19,5 x 25 cm. Some age-toning, a few leafs chipped at margin, otherwise in very good and original condition. Little is known of the vessel or the writer, other than what is revealed in the present documents. Robert Ashton was the commander of the brig, "SS Exchange" whose home port at the time was Plymouth. Peter Cook, born 1790, was a man of short stature, evidently employed by the mercantile marine. He was placed on the Pension List by the Board of Trade at the Port of Milford, Surrey, effective 1 April 1871, and resided in Tenby in Wales. Manuscript
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Anon.
An Original Document Delineating Public Discontent with the Progress of the Crimean War, in Particular with "The Times Newspaper" for a False Report on the Fall of Sebastopol.
Spoof decree titled "Bill for the More effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia, and for securing the Liberty of the Press, and for other Purposes." In reality, an attack on "The Times" for erroeous reporting, and attributed to Sir George Hayes (1805-1869) who would later become Justice of the Queen's Bench. Folio. 6 pages, printed document made in likeness to a Parliamentary Bill. Blue leafs measuring approximately 21 x 34 cm. Very slight age-toning to verso, otherwise in very good and original condition, an amusing document. Sir George Hayes (1805-1869), was a Judge and Justice of the Queen's Bench. At the time of this document he was a junior barrister, and the following year, in 1856, he was made serjeant-at-law. In 1868 he was named a justice of the court of queen's bench and knighted by the queen at Windsor Castle. Indeed, he had a sense of humour and liked to put his wit to paper. As well as the present document, Hayes was the author in 1854 of an elegy in which he humorously lamented the extinction of John Doe and Richard Roe from the pleadings in ejectment. A Temple Elegy (a parody on Gray's Elegy) was edited and illustrated by H. B. i.e. Hans Busk the younger and published around 1870. His song on the celebrated case of the 'Dog and the Cock' was set to music, and occasionally sung by himself. Edmund Macrory's "Hayesiana," privately printed in 1892, provided an extended biography of Hayes' life and a reprinting of some of his private publications, including the present document. Regarding the present spoof "Bill for the more effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia," Macrory describes it as "printed on blue foolscap paper, in the form of a Bill introduced into the House of Lords, and was printed (as the date on it proves) in February 1855, just at the time when the War in the Crimea was progressing not entirely in a satisfactory manner, and shortly after a second false report of the fall of Sebastopol had found its way into some of the daily newspapers, including The Times."
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English Engineer
Two Manuscript Diaries of an English Engineer in the Far Russian East, Contracted to Test and Repair Some of the Pioneering Steamships on the Rivers Amur and Shilka - with Large 1858 Fold-out Map
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Chita, Sretensk, Blagoveshchensk, TransBaikal villages, 17 May 1861 - 23 September 1880. Two manuscript journals of an English Engineer in Russian Far East, contracted to test and repair some of the pioneering steamships on the Rivers Amur and Shilka, and other important works in the Trans-Baikal region, beginning his work some 24 years before the founding of the Eastern Siberian Inland Navigation Company, and interacting several notables who were involved in the development projects. 8vo. The earliest volume comprises 113 pages of manuscript entries dating from 17 May 1861 to 22 July 1861 and then a few pages from and then from 1 January 1868 to 22 May 1870, with a tipped-in folding map of the Amur River. The subsequent volume contains 135 pages in manuscript and dates from 14 August 1876 to 23 September 1880. Cloth over marbled boards. Volumes measure approximately 19 x 24 cm and 17 x 20 cm, respectively. Map measures approximately 46 x 20 cm. Wear to boards, hinges loose, otherwise internally clean, an exceedingly scarce and early primary source account of early developments of steam navigation in the Far East of Russia. This account is very early for the region, particularly the inner reaches of the Amur river and its tributaries, where there were scarce inhabitants or even visitors, and thus are even fewer surviving manuscript accounts. It pre-dates the founding of the important "Eastern Siberian Inland Navigation Company" which would be founded in 1885, twenty-four years after the writer began his pioneering work. It also pre-dates the Trans-Siberian Railway which would be built between 1891 and 1916 under the supervision of Russian government ministers personally appointed by Tsar Alexander III and his son, the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II). The writer's arrival occurs only three years after the Aigun Treaty in 1858, through which the area north of the Amur belonging to the Manchu Qing dynasty since the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk was suddenly ceded to Russia. The Amur River has formed Russia's border with China since the 1858 Aigun Treaty and the 1860 Treaty of Peking. A folding map compiled in 1858 according to contemporary Russian sources, delineates the winding route of the Amur River throughout the Russian-Chinese borderlands, from Lake Baikal, to the mountainous Transbaikal region, to the Sea of Okhotsk snd the Strait of Tartary. Manuscript
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Anon.
Lot of 15 Passports of 19th Century Travellers from Various Countries, Travelling to Russia, Featuring the Occupied Baltics During the Great War. Containing Notable Names.
Lot of 15 unique passports from various countries, featuring the occupied Baltics during the Great War, nineteenth century travellers to Russia, some notable names, and assorted matters of interest. Some were issued for one specific journey, others for longer term open travel, with examples concerning citizenship and immigrant travel. These documents vary greatly in format, including early and large single leaf printed declarations completed and signed in manuscript, to modern day wallet-sized hardcover portfolios. Together with a poem stamped by the British Passport Control office at Budapest, titled "A Morning in the Life of a Passport Control Officer." Some creasing and age-toning, the earliest passport with professionally repaired folds, otherwise the lot in very good condition overall, and containing a few examples of certain specimens seldom procured today. Unique design motifs, security elements, signatures and stamps, together these official and historical documents form a wide-reaching study of travel, including incidents of limitation on domestic movement, international travel freedom, and collaboration between nations for open borders. A fascinating collection touching upon a subject which is so prevalent on the minds of citizens all around the globe today. The earliest examples, four from the nineteenth century, include a very specific courier passport dated 1846 relating to Portuguese government affairs, a well-known clergy and author who travelled on the continent for 10 years, going as far as Russia in 1875, and a British subject who travelled to Russia in 1897. A "Passport de Courrier" issued 23 November 1846 in Paris, permitting a Portuguese courier who was carrying despatches to the Portuguese legation in Madrid, Spain, clear passage through France, specifically by way of Bordeaux and Bayonne. Also from the nineteenth century is a passport for Reverend and well-known author John Aldwell Nicholson (1830-1902), Rector of New Chapel and Prebendary in Cathedral of Cashel, valid also for his wife Caroline Editha (née Hunt 1846-1932), to travel the continent together, featuring numerous stamps and annotations from places visited, for example Sweden, Italy, and Russia. A large single-leaf passport featuring 2 Russian stamps, issued in London on 18 August 1897 Alexander Kidd, a "British subject travelling on the continent" who went to Russia. We also find a German certificate of citizenship, "Heimatschein" [Homeland Certificate] issued 14 Mai 1856 to a person whose surname is Daitz, who had evidently arrived in Germany on 26 November 1834. The numbered document being #20 and the date is approaching mid-year, which suggests that not many of these were granted annually.
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Wilfred Seymour - Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Manuscript "Private" Account of the Grand Russian Fleet Review Held From 13 to 25 August 1897 in Krasnoye Selo.
Manuscript "private" account contemporary to, and describing firsthand, the Grand Russian Fleet Review held from 13 to 25 August 1897 in Krasnoye Selo, by Wilfred Seymour who received a personal invitation to the event, who met and conversed with Czar Nicholas II, and who had fought against Russia in th Crimean War formerly being attached to the Coldstream Guards. 8vo. 7 pages in manuscript on two double leafs, blue paper watermarked "Joynson 1865" measuring approximately 18,5 x 23 cm, dated and initialed by the writer. Together with a manuscript letter also by Wilfred Seymour, written only a few days before, 11 August 1897, while on the steam yacht "Tighnamara" making the voyage to Saint Petersburg for the Presidential celebrations, so mentioned in the text. 8vo. Double leaf ivory paper measuring 13 x 21,5 cm, signed by the writer. Very good condition, a singular primary source "private" account with excellent content. A significant event in Russia's history, of which there is very little documentation, is preserved with remarkable firsthand details, not from a distant observer, but rather from a well-connected Englishman who had a privileged invitation by the Russian Court and who spoke with the Emperor in person during the ceremonies. The event described in these papers marks a most interesting time of Russian relations with European powers, a Franco-Russian Alliance having been established with agreements made from 1891 to 1893 though not officially announced until the conclusion of these ceremonies. At the same time, Anglo-Russian relations were tenuous, the two nations having been rivals for most of the nineteenth century especially in the Crimean War and the Great Game, and just at the time of the Imperial Fleet Review were settling into diplomacy. Within two years of this event, the two would cooperate and join others to protect their interests in China during the Boxer Rebellion. Attending the "Grand Review of Troops" held at Krasnoye Selo, Wilfred Seymour met last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, in person, being introduced by the Court Chamberlain. The Czar asked Seymour for his impressions of the review, and also noticed his 1854 Russian War Medal (earned for fighting against Russia in the Crimean War), remarking that at during that time they were enemies, but no longer so. Seymour was subsequently introduced to Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia as the wife of Nicholas II. He mentions a conversation with the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918), whom also asked him about Crimea. The day before meeting His Imperial Highness, several Grand Dukes and Russian officers, Seymour was present for the laying of the foundation stone for the Neva Bridge. Manuscript
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BADDELEY, John F.
The Rugged Flanks of Caucasus
4to [28 x 20 cm]; 2 volumes, xv, 272; ix, 318 pp, complete with 37 fine photogravure plates including frontis in each volume, 9 maps, mostly folding, index, with the half-titles. original brown cloth with gilt spine title lettering, waterstained on covers and on two pages of volume I and lower margins of volume I, bookplate of Patrick Lort-Phillips on endpaper, aside for the noted stains, a very good set. A picture of this book is Nerhood 449: 'British scholar and linguist, with a compete command of Russian, describes his journeys by horseback, 1898-1902. Superb photographs accompany his comments on the people, their customs and way of life, and the land.' 'A thing of beauty, adorned with clear maps, fine plates which were drawn by the author himself, written in a simple, scholarly way and revised again and again with a keen sense for accuracy and felicity of phrase. It is the product of many years.' (Sir Oliver Wardrop, foreword). With a memoir by Sir Charles Hagberg Wright.
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WILSON, William Rae
Travels in Russia
8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 383; vii, 343 pp, 6 sepia aquatint plates by J. Clark after designs by author including 2 frontis, appendices. contemporary full calf, gilt decorative border on front and rear, gilt decorated spines, gilt lettering on labels, some surface loss on rear cover of volume I, lightly rubbed, occasional light foxing, a very good set, clean internally, attractive binding. Abbey Travel 228. Nerhood 179. The author travelled widely and describes all aspects of what he observed including the people, architecture, customs, the economy, politics, the major cities, nobility, etc.
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GORRINI Jean
La Russie moderne et les rapports italo-russes.
In 4, pp. XVI + 420. Br. ed. polverosa. Un foglietto aggiunto avverte che alcune pagine sono state censurate a causa della situazione bellica.
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SCARPA Gino (Acura di)
La Russia dei Sovieti. Situazione generale - Commercio estero - Nuovo Indirizzo economico - Snazionalizzazioni e Coneessioni - Possibilita' di Collaborazione Economica.
In 8, pp. VIII + 254 + (4). Br. ed.
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DRAGE Geoffrey
Russian affairs.
In 8, pp. XV + 738 + (2) con 9 carte top. rip. in b/n e a col. f. t. T. tl. ed. con fregi in oro all'ant. e al d.
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OCCHINI Barna
Mosca - Leningrado. Grandezze e miserie
In 8, pp. 190. Con 8 ill. in b/n f. t. Br. ed. ill da Sigfrido Bartolini. Firma di possesso al frontesp. Edizione originale.
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( FLEURIOT DE LANGLE Jean Marie Jerome )
Mon voyage en prusse ou me'moires secrets sur Fre'deric Le Grand et la cour De Berlin. Par L. M. D. L.***
In 8, pp. 222. Poche marm. M. pl. coeva con spelature e poche manc. al d. Edizione originale pubblicata anonima di questo libello antiprussiano denso di aneddoti su Federico.
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LORINI Eteocle (Docente di econ. politica nella R.
La riforma monetaria della Russia. Monografia fatta per incarico del ministero del tesoro
In 8, pp.XVI + 212. Con 2 tavv. piu' volte ripieg. Br. ed. sporca con danni al d. Bruniture specialmente alle prime cc. Esemplare da studio.
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PIO IX
Sanctissimi domini nostri Pii Divina Providentia Papae IX. Allocutio habita in consistorio secreto. Die III Iulii anni 1848
In 8, pp.26. Con testo in latino con accanto la traduzione. Br. muta. Testo dell'accordo tra Stato Pontificio e l'Imperatore di tutte le Russie per lo stabilimento di diocesi in molte citta russe come Minsk, Telsce, Kiew, Kamenetz, Cherson ecc.
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BALDI Andrea - BENCO Silvio
Mostra personale delle opere del pittore Giacomo Girmunschi. Invito per il giorno1 Dicembre 1932 - XI - ore 17. Dal 1 al 10 dicembre 1932 - ore 10 - 13; 16 -20. Fontanarosa. Studio fotografico - Sala per le mostre d'arte Pes& Vafrello
In 16, pp.6. Con un lungo articolo di Silvio Benco dal 'Piccolo della sera'. Con biglietto omaggio per l'effettuazione di una fotografia formato 18 X 24 nello Stdio fotografico Fontanarosa. Br. ed. Breve piantina dell'esposizione al frontespizio. 'Il pittore italo-russo Giacomo Girmunschi e' pittore di ritratto, di paesaggio. Nei ritratti, genere che egli coltivo' a preferenza nella sua giovinezza c'e' l'espressione intelligente della fisionomia, dell'individualita', ottenuta con mezzi semplici, ma sempre con un sentimento di costruttivita' robusta, e senza mai perdere di vista l'essenziale, il carattere....'. Con elenco delle opere.
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CROLLALANZA Giambattista
La potenza militare della Russia. Storia degli eserciti e delle flotte di questa nazione. Descrizione del loro costume e ordinamento e statistica delle medesime in tutti i tempi compilata dal Professore Giambattista Crollalanza da Fermo. (Estratta dall'opera inedita del medesimo autore: La storia, il costume e la statistica militare di tutte le nazioni del globo).
In 16, pp. 120. Marmorizzature e macchie d'umidita'. Br. Estratto dall'opera inedita di uno dei maggiori araldisti e genealogisti dell'Ottocento, originario di Fermo.
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AA.VV.
Finlande et Russie. De'libe'ration internationale de Londres. 26 Fe'vrier - 1 Mars 1910
In 8, pp. 79. Br. ed. Testo della risoluzione internazionale di Londra del febbraio-marzo 1910 a favore del mantenimento dell''indipendenza della Finlandia contro la volonta' egemonica da parte della Russia che mirava ad abolire la costituzione finlandese per estendere le leggi imperiali in quel Paese.
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MOLTKE Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf
Lettere dalla Russia del maresciallo conte di Moltke. La nuova Russia. Compendio de' recenti studi di Molinari, Wesselowky, Wallace, Trubetskoy, ecc.
In 16, pp. 219 + (4). Br. ed. con danni rip. al d. Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891), generale prussiano, maresciallo, fu per trent'anni capo di Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito Prussiano ed e' considerato uno dei piu' geniali strateghi militari dell'Ottocento, creatore di un nuovo e moderno metodo di direzione delle forze armate sul campo. Nel 1855 presto' servizio come aiutante personale del principe Federico (in seguito Federico Guglielmo III di Prussia), accompagnandolo in Gran Bretagna, a Parigi e a San Pietroburgo per l'incoronazione dello zar Alessandro II. Il volume raccoglie le lettere scritte in quell'occasione dalla Russia alla moglie a Copenaghen, e ricostituiscono le impressioni del Conte sulle citta' russe, sulle bellezze artistiche di San Pietroburgo, oltre a fornire la testimonianza della cerimonia dell'incoronazione dello zar. La traduzione italiana si accompagna ad alcuni scritti sulle condizioni di vita in Russia di Molinari, Wesselowky, Wallace ed altri. Non comune.
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VANNUTELLI Vincenzo
Poccia (leggi Rossia in lettere russe). Studio religioso sopra la Russia. Appunti di viaggio del P.V. Vannutelli o P. Parte prima e seconda
In 8, 2 voll. pp. 255, 254. Br. ed. polverose. Danni rip.al d. del secondo vol. Rara edizione di quest'opera il cui autore, Vincenzo Vannutelli (Roma, 1836 - ivi, 1930), fu inviato pontificio in Olanda, Belgio, Brasile e Costantinopoli, e nunzio apostolico a Lisbona. Pubblico' numerosi scritti relativi alle sue missioni, tra cui 'Il monte Libano', 'I monti Carpazii', 'Le colonie italo greche', 'L'Albania', 'Le missioni dei Latini in Oriente' e 'La Russia e la Chiesa cattolica'. In quest'opera ricostruisce il viaggio a Mosca, soffermandosi sulle 'meraviglie del Kremlino', in Siberia, a San Pietroburgo. Riflessioni sui cattolici in Russia.
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( LESUR Charles Louis )
Des progre's de la puissance russe depuis son origine jusqu'au commencement du XIX sie'cle
In 8, pp. XIV + 514. Danni rip. alla br. Mancanze al p. ant. e al d. Diffuse bruniture. Br. coeva. Opera di propaganda pubblicata da Lesur per ordine del Ministero degli Affari esteri, uscita proprio nell'anno in cui la Russia stava interrompendo la serie ininterrotta di vittorie francesi. Barbier III, 1060.
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PALMIERI Aurelio
La Chiesa georgiana e le sue origini. Dal Bessarione - Rivista di Studi Orientali, anno VI, vol. IX, nn. 59-60
In 8, pp. 27 + (1b). Br. ed. polverosa. Elenco argomenti: 'La Georgia e la Russia'; 'Importanza dello studio delle chiese slave'; 'La Georgia dal punto di vista geografico e storico'; 'Le prime origini del cristianesimo georgiano'; 'L'Apostolo di S. Andrea'.
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Reglement pour les consuls de Russie en Europe et en Amerique du 23 Decembre 1858. Traduction fatte d'apres l'annexe a l'article 2025 de la 2o partie du tome XI du code des lois, inseree dans le supplement de 1876
In 8, pp. 90 con tavole sinottiche n.t. Intonso. Gora centrale in tutte le cc. Br. ed. polverosa con taglietti ai marg. dei p. Regolamento per i consoli russi in Europa e America.
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GIANNITRAPANI Luigi
Il processo per la resa di Porto Arthur. Estratto dalla Rivista d'artiglieria e genio, 1908, vol. II
In 8, pp. 22 + (2b). Intonso. Br. ed. L'8 febbraio 1904 il Giappone attacco' la flotta russa all'ancora a Port Atrhur: 'il grandioso dramma di Porto Arthur' - scrive l'autore - 'ha avuto il suo epilogo solo recentemente col processo a carico del generale Stossel. Questo processo venne chiuso il 7 febbraio scorso colla condanna ed il successivo imprigionamento del difensore di Porto Arthur, di quello Stossel che tre anni or sono era levato a cielo dall'opinione pubblica mondiale ed insignito di alte onoroficenze per la sua eroica difesa'.
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D'AVANZO N.
La produzione equina in Russia. Estratto dal Giornale L'esercito italiano
In 16, pp. 79 + (1b). Intonso. P. post. orig. P. ant. rifatto. Saggio sulla produzione equina in Russia: 'province baltiche', 'governi della Russia nord-occidentale', 'regione dei governi industriali di Mosca'...
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WICKERSHEIMER E.
L'alliance Franco-Russe. Reponse a M. Serge de Tatitstcheff
In 16, pp. 35 + (1b). Lieve mancanza al d. Br. ed.
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Le droit de la Finlande et le manifeste du Tzar du 15 Fevrier 1899. Quelques feuilles de la lutte d'une petite nation pour sa vie
In 8, pp. 30 + (2b). Intonso e con pagine chiuse. Taglietto al marg. sup. del p. ant. Br. ed. Lo Zar Nicola II da' il via nel 1899 alla cosiddetta 'russificazione' della Finlandia attraverso l'annessione politica e culturale delle province.
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Observations sur la derniere campagne de Turquie
In 8, pp. 42 + (2b). Br. ed. con mancanze e taglietti ai marg. dei p. Lieve mancanza all'occhietto. Diffuse bruniture. Testo firmato da 'Un officier d'Etat-Major russe' sulla guerra russo turca del 1828-29. La Russia conquista Adrianopoli avanzando verso Costantinopoli e costringendo i Turchi a firmare il trattato di Adrianopoli. La finalita' di quest'opera, secondo l'A.: 'notre intention n'est point d'entamer avec ceux-ci une polemique, mais de faire tomber leurs declamations devant le simple expose' des faits. A les entendre, la Russie serait de'chue de sa grandeur, ses arme'es auraient digenere' de leur ancienne bravoure, et les Turcs se seraient montre's superieurs dan la defense'.
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La russification et la resistance passive en Finlande. Estratto dalla Rivista Moderna politica e letteraria, 15 febbraio 1903
In 8, pp. 13 + (1b). Br. rifatta. Saggio sulla 'russificazione' della Finlandia scritto da 'Il marinen'. Intorno al 1880 la Russia decide di restringere l'autonomia nazionale finlandese, sottomettendo il paese e riportandolo ad uno stato di provincia dell'impero zarista.
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Relazione storica della memorabile ritirata dei Francesi da Mosca. Traduzione dal tedesco aggiuntovi in fine un breve compendio della vita del generale Moreau. Seconda edizione
In 16, pp. 23. Piccole gore ai p. e alle cc. Br. muta coeva. Rarissima traduzione italiana di una cronaca tedesca scritta da un militare, che si firma 'Sott. Alessandro', della ritirata dell'esercito napoleonico da Mosca, iniziata il 14 ottobre del 1812, che segno' l'annientamento delle truppe francesi. La Campagna di Russia fu un punto di svolta delle Guerre napoleoniche che condusse Bonaparte all'ultima sconfitta e all'esilio nell'isola d'Elba. Compaiono una Lettera del Vicere' d'Italia al Principe di Neufchatel, un'altra Lettera del Vicere' d'Italia al Principe di Neufchatel sul passaggio del Vop; due liste dei Generali prigionieri di Brigata e dei Generali di Divisione, una Lettera dell'Imperatore delle Russie del dicembre 1812 al comandante e governatore militare della citta' di Rostopschin; Notizie biografiche del generale Moreau e Notizie sugli ultimi giorni del generale Moreau.
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ROUTIER Gaston
Guillaume II a Londres et l'Union Franco-Russe. Premiere edition
In 16, pp. 181 + (1b) + (1) + (3b). Lieve mancanza al d. Br. ed. Saggio relativo alla politica estera dell'imperatore Guglielmo II che, messo da parte Bismark, diede nuovo corso alla politicca tedesca in senso imperialistico tanto da scatenare come reazione un'allenaza fra Francia e Russia.
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PASSIGLI Guglielmo
A Pietroburgo. Impressioni di viaggio. Dalla Nuova Antologia 16 ottobre-16 dicembre 1906
In 8, pp. 36 con ill. in b/n n.t. Dedica autogr. dell'A. al controp. ant. Lievissime mancanze al marg. est. di 2 cc. interne. Br. ed. Notizie di carattere storico-politico, architettonico e paesaggistico relative alla citta' di San Pietroburgo.
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BALDACCI L.
La VII sessione del Congresso geologico internazionale e la escursione agli Urali
In 8, pp. 31 + (1b). Intonso. Br. ed. Resoconto dei lavori del congresso geologico internazionale tenutosi a San Pietroburgo nell'agosto-settembre del 1897 con descrizione dell'escursione di studio effettuata dai partecipanti sugli Urali.
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AA.VV.
Sovietico in Italia
In 16, pp. 174 + (6). Br. ed. con sovracc. Argomenti: Giancarlo Vigorelli, Il 'racconto italiano' di Nekrasov; Viktor Nekrasov, Sovietico in Italia; Maksim Gorkij, I ragazzi di Parma. Collana: Mezzo secolo [4].
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HEPWORTH DIXON William
La Russia libera
In 8, pp. 334 + (1) + (1b) con molte xilogr. anche a doppia pagina n.t. Fioriture e qualche danno ai p. Br. ed. ill.
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KERENSKI Alessandro
La rivoluzione russa. Traduzione di Isotta Pozzoli
In 8, pp. 471. Br. ed. con piccoli strappetti ai margg. dei p. Ed. orig. Memorie sulla rivoluzione russa scritte da Kerenski che fu presidente del governo provvisorio del 1917.
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JOHANN A. E.
40.000 chilometri. Russia-Cina-Giappone. Traduzione di Cina Sacchi Perego. Con 16 tavole fuori testo (fotografie dell'autore)
In 8, pp. 250 + (2) con 16 tavv. f.t. con foto in b/n. Danni alla sovracc. D. allentato. Br. ed. con sovracc. Ed. orig.
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LOISEAU Charles
A propos de l'alliance franco-russe. L'interpellation qu'on n'a pas faite
In 8, pp. 52. Dedica autogr. dell'A. al fr. Intonso. Br. ed.
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L'alliance franco-russe. Reponse a Sir Ch. Dilke De l'etat actuel de la politique en Europe et au Prince Lubomirski L'incident de Pagny et l'alliance russe. Extrait de la Revue Generale, numero de 15 Juin 1887
In 16, pp. 35 + (1b). Br. ed.
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PINKERTON Robert
Notizie dei viaggi del reverendissimo sig. Pinkerton per varie parti dell'Europa e dell'Asia
In 8, pp. XI + (1b) + 140 con tavv. sinott. n.t. Br. muta coeva. Traduzione italiana delle lettere di Robert Pinkerton, missionario scozzese attivo in particolare in Polonia, Russia e Germania nella promozione e diffusione della Bibbia. In queste lettere racconta infatti le sue peregrinazioni nelle Associazioni bibliche di sperduti centri minori, ad esempio a Voronech, dove un mercante russo di nome Strahoff fu 'il primo che si adoprasse per fondare una Societa' Biblica in questa remota parte della Russia ed egli continua tuttora ad aumentare i suoi sforzi per promuovere questa gloriosa opera...'. A Kischenau - scrive - si era prefisso lo scopo di 'procurare la fondazione della Societa' Biblica moldava...'. In appendice il compendio delle operazioni della societa' biblica britannica e straniere dal suo stabilimento fino al 1 maggio 1817.
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CHODZKO Leonard
Coup d'oeil historique et militaire sur la guerre actuelle entre la Russie et la Pologne
In 8, pp. 28. Cart. dec. coeva. Estratto da 'Le Spectateur militaire'. Tome onzieme, 1831.
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Circo di Mosca. Tourne'e ufficiale del Circo di Stato dell'U.R.S.S.
In 4 piccolo, pp. (12) con foto in b/n n.t. Br. ed. Programma degli spettacoli del circo sovietico diretto da Gheorghi Andrjuscenko in tourne'e in Italia nel 1982 con foto tratte dagli spettacoli e testi di presentazione.
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Klossovsky A.
Une page de l'histoire du re'seau me'te'orologique prive' du sud-ouest de la Russie
In 4, pp. (6). Intonso. Br. ed.
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