At the auction will be presented to rare books, manuscripts, autographs, historical papers and photographs - more than 300 lots, among which a special place is given to rare books on the history of the War of 1812

September 10 will take place next 10th auction of rare books, manuscripts, historical papers, autographs and photographs, organized by the magazine "About Books." On sale will feature over 300 lots, among which a special place devoted to rare books on the history of the War of 1812.

On the eve of the 200th anniversary of 1812 war of great interest among the submitted lots cause early works "napoleonika" and book direct witnesses and participants in the war, such as a book by Gustav Shlabrendorfa "Napoleon and the French people" (1806), "The spirit of Napoleon Bonaparte, or life and horrific acts of his from the day of birth until 1814 ..." with well-executed portrait of Napoleon of Isabey (1814), "Essays on the Battle of Borodino," Glinka (1839), "The War of the Russian people against Napoleon" JH Bozheryanova (1911), podnosnoy copy of the book "The War of 1812 within the Smolensk Province "(1912) and many others.

In" Debuts Russian writers XIX-XX centuries. and rare editions of Russian classics in his lifetime, "are published in his lifetime Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and more than 50 books of the debut of Russian writers and their autographs.

again presented the section "Photos" contains rare photographic images of Russian writers and poets, from Fyodor Dostoevsky, PA Vyazemsky, Leo Tolstoy and ending with unpublished photos of our contemporaries, VS Vysotsky, B. Okudzhava, and others.

interesting section presented a children's book where, for example, among the four proposed children's alphabets is one of the rarest alphabets first quarter of XX century - "The Merry Alphabet" with pictures < a title = "Dobuzhinsky, Mstislav Valer'yanovich (1875-1957)" href = "/auctions/1200"> Dobuzhinsky .

And as always, the auction "Pro Book "offers its participants a wide variety of manuscript and archival materials autographs, and rare cards, graphics, posters and much more.

Auction" antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, photos and autographs "will be held September 10, 2011 at 15 o'clock in the Nicholas Hall of the Hotel" National "at ul. Moss, 15 /1. Contact: Sergei Burmistrov, editor of "About Books", tel. (495) 969-7745 (order catalogs.) A detailed directory on the Internet - www.aboutbooks.ru /auction .

Source : a press release of the magazine "About the book»