December 13, the auction house "Russian enamel" will hold the next auction of rare books, autographs, photographs, postcards, posters, maps and historical papers, which represents about 400 lots

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the Approaching new year's holidays — traditional time of holidays, journeys and trips. So the directory contains a large number of rare lots associated with travel and geographical discoveries.

From the famous collection of bibliophile N. K. Sinyagin is a magnificent copy of the book of Adam Olearius "the Description of the journey to Muscovy and Persia", published in Hamburg in 1696. Very rare books on the history and geography of Japan and China can be called "a Brief history of the Japanese state" (1773) and "Geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Chinese Empire and Chinese Tartary" (1774-1777), as well as a unique instance of the "Description of Tibet in its present state (1828) autographed Iakinfa Bichurina.

is a Rare excellent preservation copy of the "travel Log... the order of Saint Stanislaus knight of Nikita Demidov Akinfievich in foreign countries..." (1786), originating from the famous library of S. A. Sobolevsky, a close friend of A. S. Pushkin. The magazine was published only for relatives of the author in small quantities. It is interesting to note that in the antique directory of the International book and N. Solovyov's book is presented only once and without a portrait.

Among the many rarities, telling about the discovery and the development of Siberia, the directory contains "a Pedestrian inventory of the Russian possessions in America" (1847-1848) by autograph of the author, "journey to the North and East of Siberia" by A. Middendorf (1860-1878), "geological journey through the Altai" (1846), "Journey through Siberia and adjacent Central Asian countries" G. Wagner (1865), "expedition to the mouths of the Yenisei in 1875 and 1876" (1880), "The history of the discovery of the sea route from Europe to the Siberian rivers, and to the Bering Strait" Stoudios F. (1883). About the most important Russian travels and discoveries are described in not less rare editions of "the North pole and the land of Yamal" (1868), "the Coasts of the Arctic and White seas with their tributaries according to the book of Big drawing" (1875), "Unknown Mongolia: Uriankhayskiy edge" (1914), "the Opening of new lands in the Arctic ocean" (1915) and many others.

For those who remain on new year's holidays in Moscow, "Empire" has prepared a large number of rare books and autographs, is intended for thoughtful reading, and just for bibliophilic entertainment. So, lovers of the curious curiosities will be able to read over the holidays was released only 25 copies of the legendary edition of "the Shadow of Dostoevsky. Another story about how the head of Dostoevsky was the publisher Suvorin and behaved like the Canterville Ghost" (1895). A rare edition was intended only for distribution to friends.

With all the lots can be found to 12 December 2018 (except Sunday and Monday) at the pre-auction exhibition at the office of the auction house "Empire": Moscow, Nizhny Kislovskiy lane., 6, p.2.

the Auction will be held December 13 ibid. Start of trading in 19:00.

Phone: 7 495-792-48-92; 7-985-969-77-45; e-mail: info@litfund.ru.

Source: press-релиз the auction house "Russian enamel"