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Russian & Eastern European

Our Russian and Eastern European section gathers Western books on these regions (‘Rossica’ among others) as well as works in vernacular, including Russian and Polish. Other rare items related to Russia and Eastern Europe can be found in our map department, our photography section, as well as in the prints section. Many other valuable books and prints can be made available by request only, so please feel free to browse our website and to contact us in Russian, English or German with any questions you may have.

Contact Bernard Shapero for more information about books relating to Russia & Eastern Europe at Shapero Rare Books.

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  1. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxvii, 432; viii, 463pp., bound as an Eton College leaving present, contemporary polished calf gilt, covers with gilt borders, spines in six compartments, red and green labels to second and third, others richly gilt, raised bands, marbled edges, a fine set.

    £1,150
  2. Folio (59 x 41.7 cm), tinted lithographed title-page and 100 lithographed plates; without letterpress title and list of plates, light waterstain in upper margin, occasional spotting, 3 plates with smaller margins. Contemporary brown calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments richly gilt; corners bumped, lower spine slightly chipped.

    £16,500
  3. Two volumes 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm). xvi, incl. half-title and title, 387; x incl. half-title and title, 381 pp., with a folding engraved map and 3 plates engraved by Boutrois; closed tear repaired to pp. 323-324. Contemporary marbled paper imitating tree calf, flat calf spines gilt, each with two orange morocco labels lettered in gilt, pink silk bookmarks; a bit rubbed

    £650
  4. Second edition, second issue, 4to (36 x 27 cm), title-page in French and English, pp. iii, iii, 73 handcoloured aquatint plates each with text page in French and English; some minor offsetting to text. Contemporary red morocco, lavishly gilt decorated spine and boards, gilt lettered, ex-libris with coat of arms and the name 'John Wild' to upper pastedown; corners bumped, slightly rubbed.

    £3,000
  5. Four volumes bound in two, 12mo (14.5 x 9.5 cm). With 72 hand-coloured plates; light offsetting from plates to text. Contemporary cloth, gilt decorative elements to upper vovers titles in gilt to spines; slightly sunned.

    £1,450
  6. Two volumes, 8vo (22.2 x 13.9 cm). Title, 591; Title, [4], 534 pp., with 18 engraved plates and 2 engraved maps. Contemporary crimson half morocco gilt; lightly rubbed.

    £750
  7. Quarto. 41 etched plates (of 49, lacking engraved title and plates 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 31, 35 & 41), captions printed in German and French; light marginal soiling and water-staining to some plates, corner tear to plate 30, but images clean. Loose in recent cloth solander box.

    £3,950
  8. 2vols; 4to, four parts of text in the first volume, and plates volume (27.5 x 22.5 cm). Text: volume I-III in French, volume IV. in German; title, [2] ll. dedication and introduction, 108 pp., with head- and tail-piece vignettes engraved by Roth; title, introduction leaf, 228 pp., with two more vignettes engraved by Roth; title, introduction leaf, 164 pp., with two more vignettes engraved by Roth; title, 'Nachricht' leaf, general introduction I-XII, [4] table of contents, 397-530, [10] index pp., with a headpiece engraved vignette, and tail-piece engraved musical notes; some light marginal browning and spotting, occasional light waterstain, mostly marginal, two leaves with a marginal tear. Plates volume with 95 plates engraved by Roth with fine contemporary hand colouring, with Russian, German and French captions, most numbered in the plate, some by hand only; some plates bound out of order. Modern green calf over contemporary green morocco boards, boards gilt ruled, flat spines with red morocco labels with gilt lettering and gilt decorative ornaments.

    £17,500
  9. 4to., (29.7 x 23.7 cm). Half-title, title, vii, 460 pp., with 20 hand-coloured plates (including the frontispiece), two maps, one full-paged uncoloured plate of Russian farming implements, and one text illustration, at least two plates with 1812 watermark. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt on spine and both boards, gilt edges; rebacked preserving spine, a bit rubbed at edges.

    £1,850
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