881 - KOSTOMAROV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1817–1885)
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KOSTOMAROV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1817–1885) Istoricheskie monografii i issledovaniya Nikolaya Kostomarova [Historical Monographs and Studies by Nikolai Kostomarov]: [in 20 vols.]. St Petersburg: D.E. Kojantchikov; printed by M.M. Stassioulevitch, 1863–1905. Vol. 1–3, 5–19. Volumes 4 and 20 are missing. Contents: Vol. 1 (1863) – 504 pp.; Vol. 2 (1863) – [4], 392 pp.; Vol. 3 (1867) – 377, [4] pp.; Vol. 5 – The Time of Troubles in the Muscovite State at the Beginning of the 17th Century. Tsar Vasily Shuysky and the Thieves (1868) – 373, III, [4] pp.; Vol. 6 – The Time of Troubles… The Devastation of Moscow (1868) – 344, [4] pp.; Vol. 7–8 – The History of Novgorod, Pskov and Vyatka… (1868) – X, 419; III, 448 pp.; Vol. 9–11 – Bogdan Khmel’nitskiy (1870) – CLXXII, 217; 432; 359 pp.; Vol. 12 (1872) – 462 pp.; Vol. 13–14 (1881) – 516; 485 pp.; Vol. 15–16 – The Downfall of the Hetmanates of Bryukhovetsky, Mnogogreshny and Samoylovich; Mazepa and the Mazepists (1905) – XV, 815 pp.; Vol. 17–18 – The Last Years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (3rd ed., revised and expanded, 1886) – XVIII, 561; 712 pp.; Vol. 19 – An Essay on the Domestic Life and Customs of the Great Russian People… and the Ancient Zemsky Assemblies (3rd ed., 1887) – 431 pp. Mixed bindings: contemporary half-leather bindings and one cold-stamped leather binding (vols. 15 and 16). Good condition. Wear to the bindings; small tears in the leather on the spines. Super-ex-libris ‘V.R.U.’ at the foot of the spines (vols. 1–3); pre-revolutionary stamps. Most of these editions were published during the author’s lifetime and constitute what were then the most comprehensive collected works of the historian, ethnographer, publicist, writer, poet, educator and public figure N.I. Kostomarov. Volumes 1–3 are first editions. A cornerstone of Russian historical scholarship and classical 19th-century historiography. At the buyer’s request, we would be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for information purposes only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.

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881 - KOSTOMAROV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1817–1885) See original version (French)

881 - KOSTOMAROV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1817–1885)
See original version (French)