Shelfmark
Fi.7.14
Main entry--corporate name
Title
The present state and regulations of the Church of Russia. Establish'd by the late Tsar's royal edict. Also in a second volume a collection of several tracts relating to his fleets, expedition to Derbent, &c. Translated from the originals in the Slavonian and Russian languages. With an accurate map of the Caspian Sea. And a preface to the whole, wherein is contained a full and genuine account of the rise and fall of Prince Menshikoff. By Tho. Consett, M.A. late chaplain to the British factory in Russia, and fellow of the Royal Society of Sciences in Berlin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by S. Holt, and sold by J. Brotherton, at the Bible in Cornhill, Tho. Meighan, bookseller in Drury-Lane, A. Miller [i.e. Millar], over-against St. Clement's-Church, in the Strand, and Fr. Hildyard, bookseller in York., MDCCXXIX. [1729]
Physical description
2 v. in 1 ([4], lxxvi, 202, [6], 205-455, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates) : ill., map ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Language
Text in English with sections in Latin.
Note
The "Regulation spiritual" was composed by Feofan (Theofan Prokopovich), Archbishop of Novgorod, as convener of the Synod of 1721.
Note
The second volume is a miscellany on the Church and Peter the Great. It has separate dated t.p. reading "A collection of several valuable tracts, relating to the late Tsar of Russia's fleets, expedition to Derbent, &c. With an accurate map of the Caspian Sea. Translated from the originals in the Slavonian and Russian languages by Tho. Consett, M.A. late chaplain to the British factory in Russia, and fellow of the Royal Society of Sciences in Berlin. Vol. II" on chi1r and continuous pagination and register with vol. 1.
Note
"An account of the rise of the naval power in Russia. Or the story of the little boat, which gave rise to the Russian fleet; being the preface to the sea regulations in Russia, and said to be written by the Tsar Peter Alexievich himself", "A letter and journal of his Imperial Majesty of Russia from Derbent. With an extract out of a letter from Astracan", "Concio die anniversario parentalium pie defuncti augustissimi principis Petrum patris patriae Imperatoris & autocratoris totius Russia, ad Majestatis suae tumulum Petropoli, habita in cathedrali templo primis Apostolis Petro & Pauli dicato. A reverendissimo & illustrissimo Gabriele, sacro-sanctae synodi consiliario, scholarum & typographiarum protectore, coenobii SS. Trinitatis & Divi Sergii prope Mosquam Archimandrita, Anno 1726, Januarii 28 die. Ex idiomate Slavonico transtulit R. Tho. Consett, Coloniae Britannicae ibidem commorantis capellanus, Ecclesiae Anglicanae sacerdos & R.S.S. Ber. sod" and "An anniversary sermon, on the death of the most august prince, of blessed memory, Peter the Great, the father of his country, Emperor and sovereign of all Russia; preach'd at his Majesty's tomb at Petersburgh, in the cathedral church dedicated to the chief Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, January 28th, 1726. By the most reverend and illustrious Gabriel, lately Archimandrite of Trinity, and Sergius's Monastery, near Mosco: and now Bishop of Rezan and Murom" each have divisional half-title pages on O6r, P7r, Z1r and Bb1r respectively; pagination and register continuous throughout.
Note
At foot of imprint: Price five shillings in sheets..
Note
Title pages of both volumes enclosed in a double-rule borders.
Note
Signatures: pi² a-d⁸ e⁶ B-N⁸ O⁸(O5+chi²) P-Ff⁸ Gg⁴.
Note
Leaf pi2 bears errata on the recto.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T130057
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th-century sprinkled brown calf; border and spine decoration of gilt double fillets; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previously Di.5.21.
Subject
Subject
Peter, 1672 - 1725 I, Emperor of Russia,
Subject
Subject
Russia Politics and government 1689-1801 Early works to 1800.
Subject
Russia History Peter I, 1689-1725 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hildyard, Francis, ? - -1731 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Millar, Andrew, 1707 - 1768 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Meighan, Thomas, ? - d. 1753 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Brotherton, John, fl. 1717 - 1753 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Holt, Sarah, ? - -1729 printer.
Added entry--name
Consett, Thomas editor.
Added entry--name
Feofan,, 1681 - 1736 Archbishop of Novgorod, Pervoe uchenii͡a otrokom. English.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England York.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat rus
Identifier
B38178