Rare books from Alexandru Matveev

Vitruvius M. Ten books on the architecture of Vitruvius with a commentary by Daniele Barbaro. With the appendix of a treatise by Giuseppe Salviati on the method of accurately drawing the Ionian volute. Translation by A.I. Venediktov, V.P. Zubov and F.A. Petrovsky. Introductory article and notes by V.P. Zubov. / Classics of the theory of architecture. Under the general editorship of A.G. Gabrichevsky. M.: publishing house of the All-Union Academy of Architecture, 1938. XXVIII, 478, [2] p.; from ill. in the text and 2 illus. on separate sheets. 34 x 25.5 cm. Artist I.F. Rerberg. In publisher's binding. Excellent security.Mark Vitruvius Pollio (I century BC) - Roman architect and mechanic, scientist-encyclopedist. Received an architectural education. During the civil war, under the leadership of Julius Caesar, he took part in the construction of military vehicles. Later, being a military engineer, he independently developed and created ballistas and other siege weapons. Among the embodied projects of… Read More

The book from Russian Imperial Library of Nicoulaus II. The proposed articles were written at different times and on different occasions, but their protagonist invariably remained that motley complex of stratifications of our Russian public, which is known under the general name - the intelligentsia: moderate and revolutionary; fussing about cheese artels and dreaming of world reorganization; following the representatives of the propertied society - in the construction of life, and composing its own - party construction, as an antithesis to this construction; the intelligentsia, gravitating towards the peasantry, and the intelligentsia, with the proletariat at the center of their political plans and socialist prospects.

USSR propaganda posterEvery child in the USSR heard about the distant Chilean people suffering under the Pinochet junta. The USSR led the international campaign for the release of Luis Carvalan and since 1975 has been negotiating on this topic. In September 1976, the option to exchange Korvalan for the famous Soviet political prisoner, dissident Vladimir Bukovsky was officially announced simultaneously by the Danish Committee of the Sakharov Readings in Copenhagen and by Academician Andrei Sakharov himself in Moscow. On December 15, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU adopted a decision "On measures in connection with the release of Comrade L. Korvalan", in accordance with which a special aircraft was allocated to deliver Korvalan and his family from Zurich, where the exchange was planned, to the USSR. The KGB of the USSR ensured the delivery of Bukovsky on a special plane to Zurich and sending his mother with him. On December 18, the exchange took place, after which Corvalan received… Read More

Envelop in frame. Envelop from Nikolaus II to Heinrich XXVII, Prince-Regent Reuss Zeis.Size 18x12 cm. Frame size 29x24 cm.

Brikner Alexander Gustavovich (1834-1896) - Russian historian of German origin. Brikner's study "The History of Peter the Great" became the first popular science essay in Russian historiography about the era and personality of Peter I, based on the latest research in historical thought.The History of Peter the Great is divided into six books. Each part covers a separate topic: the personality of the reforming tsar and his associates, the first years of independent rule, administrative and legislative reforms, and the foreign policy of Peter I.The main scientific interest of Alexander Brikner was the turn of Russia in its development towards Europe - therefore, the era of Peter the Great was of paramount interest to him.The value of the publication also lies in the rich illustrative material related to the Petrine era. The reproduction of drawings, engravings and documents was specially undertaken for this edition, with strict adherence to all the details of the originals, which was necessary to… Read More

The first edition of one of the most famous works of the ethnographer and archaeologist, professor at Moscow University, researcher of the culture of Ancient Russia, Ivan Mikhailovich Snegirev (1793–1868). Proverbs and parables for this work were collected by I.M. Snegirev for 30 years and constitute important material for the study of the Russian people and language. Vladimir Dal called this work one of the sources he used. In the report on the award of the fifth Demidov Prize, which was awarded to the book, "remarks and explanations of proverbs, sayings and various words related to domestic memories, and especially to ancient judicial rites and to the subject of jurisprudence, which constitute the most curious part of works of Mr. Snegirev. The edition is rare.

Rare in full set. Good condition.

Moscow, Knebel', 1909-1915. . First edition, 4 vols; 4to (29.5 x 22.5 cm); illustrated with 17 plates, 4 of which are coloured and tippped in, photographic illustrations throughout; original publisher's calf backed cloth, covers blocked in gilt, spines gilt, lightly rubbed to extremities, volume 6 is in bad condition but overall a fine set.4 volumes out of 5

Contemporary binding rubbed to extremities. Life time edition of Karamzin's most important work on Russian history. Volumes - 2,4,5,6,7,9,10

Selection of Leo Tolstoy works in 11 volumes printed by white emigration publishing house Slovo in Berlin. Good overall condition

In Very good shape despite rubbed spine. Quite a rare work in memory of Duchese Uvarova, contains multiple articles.

Extremely rare work on noble genealogy in Tver'. Printed only 200 copies, handwritten and fully lithographed.

Rare work on Finlands law by Korevo. Full set in 3 volumes. С.-Петербург, Гос. Типография, 1912 г.С приложениями и указателями. Составил Н.Н. Корево Председатель Высочайше учрежденной Комиссии по систематизации финляндских законов. 665 стр. 885 стр. 559 стр. Увеличенного формата: 27x18см. Три книги в полукожаных переплетах эпохи. В первом томе карандашные пометки на первой странице и чернильной ручкой на последней странице. В целом, состояние отличное. Издание редкое малотиражное. Полный комплект.Т. 1. Общее уложение. О браке. Отдел о недвижимости имении. Отдел о торговле. О… Read More

Polish Government in Exile The mass extermination of Jews in German occupied Poland. Note addressed to the Governments of the United Nations on December 10th, 1942, and other documents. London: Hutchinson on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1943 8vo (216 x 140mm.), title printed in red, 16pp, stapled and without covers as issued, slight rust marks around staples AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. The Polish government in exile announced to the Allied countries of Europe, together with the USA and Soviet Russia, that Nazi Germany was not only exterminating German Jews but also Jews from across occupied Poland. This pamphlet describes the workings of the Warsaw Ghetto and the targets set by the Nazis for the numbers of Jews to be eliminated, together with the various methods employed for the killing of Jews. It estimates that by December 1942 over one million Polish Jews have already been murdered; by the end of the war, more than three million Polish Jews had died… Read More

Provenance: From the library of famous catholic rector of the Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria in St. Petersburg Jan Schislavsky. Stamps of the Carmelite Brotherhood.
The Talmud Unmasked (Latin: Christianus in Talmud Iudaeorum: sive, Rabbinicae doctrinae Christiani secreta. English: The secret rabbinical teachings concerning Christians) published in 1892 by Justinas Bonaventure Pranaitis (1861–1917). The book, generally regarded as antisemitic, is a collection of purported quotations from the Talmud and Zohar that purports to demonstrate that Judaism despises non-Jews and promotes the murder of non-Jews in some instances. Pranaitis drew on the earlier works of Jakob Ecker and August Rohling.
1. Jews do not regard non-Jews as human beings
2. The Talmud contains blasphemies against Jesus and offensive passages about Christians
3. Judaism despises non-Jews
4. The Talmud urges Jews to do a variety of harms to Christians, such as murder and theft, and teaches that each death of a Christian serves… Read More