Russia
POLYAKOV, Vasiliy.
Prinoshenie druzyam moim. [Offerings to my friends or selected extracts from the best German and French authors.]
Kryazhev, Moscow, 1802. 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm). 183 pp. including title. Contemporary tree calf, gilt roll to covers, flat spine with whole-length red morocco onlay gilt into compartments, gilt lettering to one, gilt fillet to leading edges, all edges gilt. PROVENANCE: Alexander I (Tsarskoe Selo library stamp to title); 'Printed in Russia' (stamp); Paul M. Fekula.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDER I AT TSARSKOE SELO, in a handsome binding. This rare compilitation was published by Polyakov, a collaborator on the journal 'Utrennaya Zaria'. Fekula 5683 (this copy); Smirnov-Sokol'skii Al'manakhi 115; Sopikov 9035.
Price: £ 4750
US Dollar Price: $ 9420
Stock Number: 71369