[Germany], 1815. Small octavo (16.6 × 10.2 cm). Contemporary blue card boards pasted over with light pink paper wrapper; manuscript title to spine ("Der Gasthof"); 102 leaves of manuscript in brown ink to rectos and versos, in a neat Kurrent hand, with occasional corrections and one case of self-censorship in..... More

Palermo and Cefalù region, 1798–1851. Folio (various gatherings, the diploma measuring 35 × 25.5 cm). approx. [total pp.] manuscript pages on paper, in several contemporary secretarial hands, some calligraphic display script; sewn as issued; occasional docketing, endorsements, signatures, and official attestations; light browning and marginal wear consistent with use. Bound..... More

[Italy, ca. 1700–1750]. Quarto (26 × 19 cm). Somewhat later (nineteenth-century) quarter calf over marbled-paper covered boards, retaining leather spine of earlier binding; 242, [5] leaves of manuscript text in ink to rectos and versos, on laid paper, including 10 pp. of index, followed by three blank leaves. Decorative calligraphic..... More

Russia: ca. 1850–1870. Folio (35 × 22 cm). Late nineteenth-century quarter calf; gilt-tooled leather spine label; edges green; 233 leaves. Two decorative headpieces and a few decorative initials. Paper with stamp of the "Troitskaia Fabrika Govarda, no. 6" to upper left corners, indicating that the paper was made around 1850..... More

Hyères, France: February 9, 1948. Single folded leaf, two pages of text written in blue ink; old creases, else very good. An interesting, substantial letter to an unnamed recipient ("Doctor"), concerning a planned exhibition of his works in Prague. Kubín confirms his enthusiasm, inquires about the catalog, and describes the..... More

Paris and Wiesbaden: 1921-23. Eight single leaves, some folded. Very good, with exception of one letter, with tear and some loss to text. The son of Lev Tolstoy, Lev L’vovich Tolstoy was a firm believer in his father’s ideals in his youth, but later became increasingly opposed to his philosophical..... More

Grodno: 1796. February 22, 1796. Original signed manuscript letter on single sheet of laid paper (ca. 36 x 25 cm), folded once vertically; 4 pp. Additional old fold lines; near fine. Nicholas Repnin was one of the foremost Imperial Russian statesmen of the eighteenth century, second in fame only to..... More

St. Petersburg: Uchrediteli khudozhniki gruppy Mit’ki, 1993. Quarto (30 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; offset-printed text and images; [12] pp. (consecutive pagination: 085-096). Very good or better. Later issue of this periodical issued by the “Mit'ki” (meet-KEE), the "cinematographic issue," with articles by M. S. Trofimenkov ("Seks, lozh'..... More