Lot 79
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[Nestor the Chronicler]

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
£563
Description
Biblioteka Rossiskaya istoricheskaya. Soderzhashchaya drevniya letopisi, i vsyakiya zapiski, sposobstvuyushchiyak k obyasneniyu istorii i geografii Rossiiskoi drevnikh i srednikh [ Russian historical library: containing ancient chronicles and notes for the explanation of the history and geography of the ancient and middle ages in Russia]. St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1767. Part 1 (all published), 4to (230 x 188mm.), half-title, early nineteenth-century calf-backed boards with lettering-piece on spine "Letopis Nestorov", blue endpapers with watermarked date 1812, slightly water-damaged at end, upper cover detached, binding worn
