ԱՅՎԱԶՈՎՍԿԻ Գաբրիել [AÏVAZOVSKI (Gabriel)]. Համառօտ պատմութիւ - Lot 9

ԱՅՎԱԶՈՎՍԿԻ Գաբրիել [AÏVAZOVSKI (Gabriel)]. Համառօտ պատմութիւն Ռուսաց [A brief history of Russia. With a portrait of Tsar Nicholas I]. Venice, Imprimerie Sainte-Lazare, 1836. In-12, frontispiece, 7-462-[1] p., contemporary speckled fawn calf, smooth spine, green title-piece, gilt fleurons and gilt roulette, boards framed with gilt roulette, gilt edges (binding slightly rubbed, small leather losses at the edges, small wormholes at the spine and spine rubbed on the headpieces, spine and edges, corners dulled, a few quires out of order, flaws on the map tiny holes and a small loss at the corner of a fold). Copy of "Une brève histoire de la Russie" written by Gabriel Aivazovsky. The work traces the history of Russia from 862 A.D. to the reign of Nicholas I, and includes descriptions of language, traditions, economy, regions, and other cultural and social aspects. It features a copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Nicholas I, and a steel-engraved fold-out map illustrating the European part of the Russian Empire.