[NAVAL MANUSCRIPT]. Istoricheskii zhurnal Puteplavaniia i vstrechavshikhsia sluchainostei chasti flota Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva byvshei u beregov Anglii [Historical Journal of the sea Voyage and Activities of part of His Late Imperial Majesty's Fleet off the Coasts of England under the command of Vice-Admiral Makarov]. No place, [circa 1805]. Manuscript on paper, 208 leaves, 31 x 19cm., in copperplate hand, folding watercolour map of part of the Dutch coast, a few illustrations in the text, contemporary green morocco gilt. Bookplate of A.V. Golovnin.

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[NAVAL MANUSCRIPT]. Istoricheskii zhurnal Puteplavaniia i vstrechavshikhsia sluchainostei chasti flota Ego Imperatorskogo Velichestva byvshei u beregov Anglii [Historical Journal of the sea Voyage and Activities of part of His Late Imperial Majesty's Fleet off the Coasts of England under the command of Vice-Admiral Makarov]. No place, [circa 1805]. Manuscript on paper, 208 leaves, 31 x 19cm., in copperplate hand, folding watercolour map of part of the Dutch coast, a few illustrations in the text, contemporary green morocco gilt. Bookplate of A.V. Golovnin.

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The description of the activities of a Russian Fleet from 22 April 1792 to 24 July 1800 in sea-battles against the Dutch. The binding is typical of the library of Emperor Paul and Maria Pavlovna at Pavlovsk, but with replaced bookplate of A.V. Golovnin. After the latter's death his library was incorporated into that of Pavlovsk.

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