![RUBAN, Vasil’ii Grigor’evich (1742-1795). Vseobshchii i sovershennyi Gonets i puteukazatel, ili polnyi povsemestnyi rossiiskii i povsiudnyi evropeiskii dorozhnik. [The Universal and Perfect Messenger and Guide, or a complete road guide to Russia and Europe.] St Petersburg: V. Sopikov, 1791. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (202 x 120mm). With Sopikov’s adverts on the verso of the last leaf. Two folding printed tables. (Dampstain in first and last leaves, wax and scattered spotting on first half title, short tears and light wear to folding tables.) Original blue paper wrappers, titled in manuscript (worn and chipped, front joint starting, some soiling).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10457_0085_000(ruban_vasilii_grigorevich_vseobshchii_i_sovershennyi_gonets_i_puteukaz101800).jpg?w=1)
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RUBAN, Vasil’ii Grigor’evich (1742-1795). Vseobshchii i sovershennyi Gonets i puteukazatel, ili polnyi povsemestnyi rossiiskii i povsiudnyi evropeiskii dorozhnik. [The Universal and Perfect Messenger and Guide, or a complete road guide to Russia and Europe.] St Petersburg: V. Sopikov, 1791. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (202 x 120mm). With Sopikov’s adverts on the verso of the last leaf. Two folding printed tables. (Dampstain in first and last leaves, wax and scattered spotting on first half title, short tears and light wear to folding tables.) Original blue paper wrappers, titled in manuscript (worn and chipped, front joint starting, some soiling).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS EARLY TRAVEL GUIDE. Full of statistical information about the different regions of the Russian Empire, it includes riding distances, timetables, currency equivalents, the cost of tolls and taxes, and postage rates. This appears to be the earliest of two variants: the present copy collates as per Bitovt; while SK describes part I with fourteen additional leaves at the end and a map. The present copy is in the original wrappers, with no evidence of any removals, and complete with Sopikov’s adverts, suggesting that this version precedes that described by SK. RARE: WorldCat lists just one copy, at Harvard; no sale recorded on ABPC or RBH. Bytovt 2997; SK III, 6092.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS EARLY TRAVEL GUIDE. Full of statistical information about the different regions of the Russian Empire, it includes riding distances, timetables, currency equivalents, the cost of tolls and taxes, and postage rates. This appears to be the earliest of two variants: the present copy collates as per Bitovt; while SK describes part I with fourteen additional leaves at the end and a map. The present copy is in the original wrappers, with no evidence of any removals, and complete with Sopikov’s adverts, suggesting that this version precedes that described by SK. RARE: WorldCat lists just one copy, at Harvard; no sale recorded on ABPC or RBH. Bytovt 2997; SK III, 6092.
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