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262 - Church Slavonic
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Estimate €700 - €900
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Church Slavonic Kedrenos, Georgios Dejanija zerkownye i grashdanskie ot Roshdestwa Christowa do polowiny pjatnadzatogo stoletja. (Ecclesiastical and civil events from the Nativity of Christ to the middle of the 15th century). 2 parts (of 3), i.e. volumes. Translated from Middle Greek into Church Slavonic by Ioann Ioannovich Sidorovsky. With 6 illustrated or ornamental woodcut vignettes. Moscow, Synod Press, Nov. 1794. 2 unnumbered leaves. (Title page, dedication page), 200 leaves and 1 unnumbered leaf (intertitle), 228 folio leaves on white and thicker mint-green paper. Contemporary leather binding on six false bands over cardboard covers with a floral-ornamented title in blind embossing and a handwritten title label (buffed at the corners and edges, torn at the headbands and joints, rubbed and stained, first 3 leaves loose). First, expanded Church Slavonic edition of the world chronicle by the Byzantine historian Kedrenos, written around 1100. – Extremely rare on the market and in institutions, even as individual volumes. According to WorldCat, only one historical copy is known to exist outside Russia (Berlin State Library, lost during the war). – First and second parts (of 3) of the first Church Slavonic edition of Georgios Kedrenos’ (also Kedrin, Cedrenus) historical compendium, which spans from the biblical creation of the world to the year 1057. The translator, Ioann Ioannovich Sidorovsky (1748–95), a clergyman and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, added numerous notes—particularly of an archaeological nature—to Kedrenos’ synopsis, which had been compiled from various sources, and extended his account by a further 500 years to the mid-15th century. - Provenance: A three-line owner’s inscription in ink, added c. 1900 on the recto of the front endpaper, naming the Church of the Protection and Intercession of the Mother of God, Trubchevsk, Bryansk, Russia. - The third part, containing Sidorovskij’s extension covering the 11th to 15th centuries, is missing. - Some pages and endpapers bear marginal notes in ink by an earlier hand. - The book block is broken at the joint in places. The first 20 leaves show minor worming throughout; some of these leaves are loose and have slight damage to the margins. Slight finger and dirt stains on the foot, outer spine and edges; slight water stains on the margins in places. Overall, a clean copy of this extremely rare volume. First, expanded Church Slavonic edition of the world chronicle written around 1100 by the Byzantine historian Kedrenos. - Very rare both in the trade and in institutional collections, including as single volumes. Only one (historical) record outside Russia via WorldCat (Berlin State Library, copy lost during the Second World War). – First and second parts (of 3) of the first Church Slavonic edition of Georgios Kedrenos’s (also Kedrin, Cedrenus) historical compendium, which spans from the biblical creation of the world to the year 1057. The translator, Ioann Ioannovich Sidorovsky (1748–95), a clergyman and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, added numerous notes, particularly archaeological ones, to Kedrenos’s synopsis—which had already been compiled from various sources—and extended his account by a further 500 years to the middle of the 15th century. - Provenance: A three-line owner’s note in ink, dating from around 1900, on the front flyleaf, recording the ‘Church of the Protection and Intercession of the Virgin Mary’, Trubchevsk, Bryansk, Russia. - The third part, containing Sidorovsky’s supplement covering the 11th to the 15th centuries, is missing. - Some pages and the rear endpaper bear marginal notes in ink in an old hand. - The book block is broken in places at the spine. Folios 1–20 have a continuous small wormhole; some of these leaves show wear and minimal tears at the margins. Slight finger-stains and soiling throughout on the margins and edges; in places, slight water-stains on the margins; the first 3 leaves are loose. Overall, a sound copy of this truly rare item, featuring 6 illustrated or ornamental woodcut headpieces. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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