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Charles Colville Frankland (1797-1876). Narrative of a visit to the courts of Russia and Sweden, in the years 1830 and 1831. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832. 2 vols. C9056
Location, Location... One can see from looking at a map that the piece of real estate Peter chose on which to plant a city might have been an ideal gate for trade from West to East and East to West for centuries. But most maps don't show what a…
Heinrich Friedrich von Storch (1766-1835). The picture of Petersburg. London: printed for T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1801. C12325
Picture of more than a thousand words... Storch's Picture of Petersburg, 1792, set a standard for European accounts of the city and is still quoted today. Storch says, "One of the most important phenomena of this period [the 18th century] is without…
William Alexander 1767-1816). The costume of the Russian empire illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings; with descriptions in English and French. London: printed for William Miller by Howlett and Brimmer, 1803. E18
Blue Boy... Although this volume of plates is attributed in the British Museum Catalogue to William Alexander, nowadays it is usually cataloged under the name of the artist, E. Harding. It has a complicated bibliography: the plates were apparently…
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834). Historical sketch of Moscow: illustrated by twelve views of different parts of that imperial city, the Kremlin, &c. London: R. Ackermann, 1813. E1675
The Big Pomegranate ... We toyed with idea of calling this exhibition "St. Petersburg: The Second City," not only because of Moscow's historical firstness, but also because its architecture and art looks like nothing else, anywhere else; it embodies…
Albertus Seba (1665-1736). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri. Amstelaedami: apud J. Wetstenium, & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1734-1765. 4 vols. Ellis Aves H28, v.1
Anteaters for the Tsar! If this New World native, the anteater, could write an account of how he made it to the Kunstkammer in Sankt Pieter Burkh in the early 18th century, it would be a best-seller. Peter the Great had begun to purchase natural…
Voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimee par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie. Execute en 1837. Edition illustree de 64 dessins par Raffet. Paris, 1840. Ellis Aves H18
To Russia With Love... The Demidov family of mine owners rose to prominence under Peter I when they were granted extensive landholdings for construction of metallurgical factories in the Urals. Master craftsmen were brought in, factories were built,…
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811). Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian empire in the years 1793 and 1794 Translated from the German. 2d ed. London: printed for John Stockdale. 2 vols. Ellis Omnia E10, v.1
Ur-Land of Oz... An aquatint view – from one of our most beautiful printed volumes – of the pre-Kansas homeland of our local Volga German population, who brought to western Kansas the Turkey-red wheat (as well as the noxious and pesky…
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