Shelfmark
Bk.4.12 - Bk.4.15
Author
Title
Dostopamiatnosti Sanktpeterburga i ego okrestnostei. Sortsnenie Pavla Svin"ina. Description des objets les plus remarquables de S-t. Petersbourg et de ses environs. Par Paul Svignine.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Sanktpeterburg" : V" Tipographii V. Plavil'shchikova, 1816-1821.
Physical description
4v., plates ; 4to.
Note
Text in French and Russian.
Note
First eight words of title transliterated from the Russian.
Note
Folding map from Vol. I supplied in facsimile.
Note
Two plates from Vol. II supplied in facsimile.
Note
Title-page and second leaf of Vol. III supplied in facsimile. Also first plate, which has a torn corner, though still in place.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 1998.
Provenance
Small label with motto "Si ordo deficit virtus non sufficit", and ?name "Zollikon".
Provenance
Ex libris label with a lion devouring a book, reading "?Iz knig L'ba Urekliana" (transliterated from the Russian).
Binding
19th century half-leather and marbled paper.
Subject
Saint Petersburg (Russia) Description and travel.
Added entry--place
Russia Saint Petersburg.
Language code
rus fre
Identifier
B11718