Russia
SNEGIREV, I[van] M[ikhaylovich] and Alexey [Alexandrovich] MARTYNOV.
Russkaya starina v pamyatnikakh tserkovnago i grazhdanskago zodchestva [Ancient Russia in the Civil and Religious Architecture].
Katkov, Moscow, 1860. 8vo (20.8 x 13 cm). Title, 146 pp., with 15 lithographed plates, including 14 tinted; occasional light browning or spotting. Original boards, printed title within architectural ornament to upper cover, flat spine with printed title; slightly rubbed at extremities, small stain to spine and upper cover.
Very good copy of the 6th year of this celebrated periodical. 'Ruskaya Starina' was an ambitious project of the historian and Moscow archaeologist Snegirev (1793-1868) and his student Martynov (1818-1903). Here in second edition, 'significantly enlarged', it is richly and finely illustrated and covers Moscow churches and gates, many of which have disappeared today.
Price: £ 450
US Dollar Price: $ 660
Stock Number: 75164