Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Russia


Istoricheskoe opisanie Svyatotroitskiya Sergievy Lavry [Historical Description of the Holy Trinity Sergeev Monastery].


Universitetskaya tipografiya, Moscow, 1842. 8vo (23.2 x 15.1 cm). Title, table of contents,160, vi pp.; very light spotting, apparently without the engraved plan. Contempory half red morocco over marbled boards, flat spine lettered in Cyrillic; rubbed, extremities bumped.

Known in Soviet times as Zaforsk and now Sergeev-Posad, the Troitsa Monastery has been the holiest of pilgrim-places in Russia, containing the relics of its founder, Sergey of Radonezh.

Price: £ 100
US Dollar Price: $ 200
Stock Number: 31072